genre dining founded 1966 founder fred and lorraine halleman headquarters san diego california usa website boll weevil condiment tray from boll weevil boll weevil was a casual dining chain of hamburger restaurants located in san diego california united states . contents 1 history 2 decor 3 reception 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit boll weevil was founded in 1966 by fred and lorraine halleman . the original location was adjacent to the upscale cotton patch steakhouse with the boll weevil name referring to a smaller restaurant spawned from a cotton patch . 1 both were located in san diego on midway drive near barnett ave and pacific highway . in the first boll weevil restaurant beef left over from the trimmings of prime steak prepared at the cotton patch steakhouse were used to prepare burgers . 2 because of the success of the chain of boll weevil restaurants the cotton patch eventually closed . 2 entrepreneur fred halleman assisted in establishing 20 boll weevil restaurants across the country . 3 on september 15 2008 the company owned restaurants were closed down as the parent company entered chapter 7 bankruptcy . a few independently owned franchise stores remain open . 4 decor edit boll weevil restaurants were decorated in a style reminiscent of the american old west and also featured pool tables and video games . 5 reception edit while discussing hodad s ob rag editor frank gormlie criticized the food served at boll weevil s as being too greasy . 6 san diego reader editor ben kers included boll weevil in his list of fourteen more things you ll never see in san diego again . he said that while there are still a few restaurants baring the name he felt that the food was no longer the same as it once was . 7 see also edit food portal companies portal list of hamburger restaurants references edit david nelson march 2008 . side dish the tail that wags the dog . san diego magazine . retrieved 20 january 2011 . a b nelson david march 2008 . side dish the tail that wags the dog . san diego magazine . curtco sdm llc . p. 186 . retrieved 2015 07 05 . the cotton patch s success gave birth to the boll weevil chain beef left from trimming prime steaks was ground and sold as burgers next door at the first boll weevil . as the chain spread like weevils the comparison is apt the cotton patch gradually lessened in importance and was closed . nelson dave 1987 05 21 . cotton patch going strong at 40 with same menu . los angeles times . missing or empty url help ; access date requires url help crabtree penni december 13 2008 . boll weevil closes all 6 company stores . san diego union tribune . retrieved 2010 05 14 . boll weevil s really cookin ; chain bores into 7 new sites . san diego business journal . march 15 1993 . retrieved 2010 05 14 . gormlie frank 2015 02 06 . mike hardin owner of ob s hodad s has passed rip . ob rag . retrieved 2015 07 04 . kers ben 2014 07 02 . fourteen more things you ll never see in san diego again . san diego reader . retrieved 2015 07 04 . external links edit boll weevil locations this us based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title boll weevil restaurant & oldid 743674489 categories restaurants established in 1966hamburger restaurantsregional restaurant chains in the united statescompanies based in san diegorestaurants in san diego county californiaprivately held companies based in californiadefunct restaurant chains in the united states1966 establishments in californiaunited states restaurant stubshidden categories pages using web citations with no urlpages using citations with accessdate and no urlall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 17 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view