Food of the Seventies, Triple Triangle Hamburgers

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Anyone remember Triple Triangle? You were supposed to order by "triangle colors" (red, blue, yellow) which was an early attempt at a "combo" orders. Each "triangle" was about 69 cents, which include a burger, friends, and soft drink.
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David - September 15, 2008 - Report this comment
Yes I do I know the guy who owned the Triple Triangles. One on Wilson,Dixie Highway,and Strawberry Lane
Terri - February 18, 2009 - Report this comment
I remember going to the one on Wilson Ave. I always got mine without mustard. BRING IT BACK!!
Lori - January 18, 2010 - Report this comment
To David (Sept 2008) If you have any pictures or can obtain any pictures can you share them with me?
Marvie - January 20, 2010 - Report this comment
I worked at the Dixie Highway Triple Triangle when I was in high school in the late 1960's. Really wished I had taken some pics, or saved one of those goofy paper hats!
hueygunner69 - December 21, 2010 - Report this comment
My older brother and I worked at the Wilson Avenue location of Triple Triangle Systems, Inc. The owner was a "slave driver." We got 2 short breaks and a short lunch break. We got an employee discount for our lunch. We wore goofy paper caps that folded flat. The owner was real particular about the caps; he wanted them to be very clean.
allandra42 - July 18, 2012 - Report this comment
TO Terri Pics of Wilson avenue triple triangle? I would LOVE to get some pictures of the one on wilson does anyone know anyone that has some? We own that property now and would love to have a picture of the restaurant to hang in there?
Barbara - July 26, 2012 - Report this comment
Hey - y'all forgot about the Triple Triangle that was located on Poplar Level Rd across from Thomas Jefferson High School!
Keith - January 17, 2013 - Report this comment
I worked @ Triple Triangle on Wilson Ave & 28th St. in the late 60s while attending Parkland Junior High School. The owners last name was Collier and he spent most of time at that location. I believe there were 7 locations at one time. Too much competition from McDonalds was the death of Triple Triangle.
ronnie - February 18, 2014 - Report this comment
Where on dixie was it?
Peggy - March 27, 2014 - Report this comment
Went to the one by Thomas Jefferson we lived on retreat road .I would sit and wait for my dad to wash the car and then he would take me . Brings back good memories loved the shakes.
mafiaprincess - July 20, 2014 - Report this comment
Triple Triangle. I remember the name.I grew up in St Matthews. Were there any in east end? Highlands maybe? Or maybe near fairgrounds? I know I went there but don't remember where. Maybe Hikes Point?
Sherry - September 16, 2014 - Report this comment
I always went to the one by Thomas Jefferson too - I lived in Rangewood on Plane Tree Dr. their burgers were better than McD's back then. fries were like 10 cents and burgers were 15 cents! unreal - good memories!!
ronnie - September 22, 2014 - Report this comment
Does anybody have a picture?
D.A. - October 20, 2014 - Report this comment
To answer the question from Ronnie, the Dixie site was at Dixie and Nelson Avenue across from the Ranch House. There's now a Dollar General Store on the block where the Triple T and Harley's Service Station was in the 60's and 70's. I worked at TT for awhile. I still have some little plastic whistles with their logo they gave away. They were the first place I know of to have combo meals. The red triangle was a burger, fry and drink. Yellow was a cheeseburger, fry and drink and the white was a fish sandwich fry etc. I was recently told there was a TT on Bardstown and Watterson trail, next to the Collier Court Motel, which coincidently was the last name of the owner of the Triple Triangles. That's why I started researching it. I'm glad I found this place.
D.A. - October 21, 2014 - Report this comment
Tried to upload a picture of a couple of those whistles but I got a message the file was too large. Tried different formats of lesser size but nothing worked. Sorry.
Manny - February 16, 2015 - Report this comment
Hi this might be related to Triple Triangle but I'm not sure. I was reading Muhammad Ali's auto biography and he has this story about how he threw his Olympic Gold Medal off the Clark Memorial Bridge. In this book he says he was denied service at a hamburger joint somewhere near that bridge that was only "a block away" from Louisville General Hospital. Does anyone have any idea what this place could be?
D.A. - March 14, 2015 - Report this comment
There weren't any Triple Triangle Restaurants anywhere near General Hospital. The only place I can think of around that time period would be White Castle at 1st and Market Streets.
Felicia - March 30, 2016 - Report this comment
has anybody found a pic of Triple Triangle yet would love to see it,
Jeannie - September 08, 2016 - Report this comment
Did the burgers have ketchup and mustard? My sister and I have a bet. She says there was no mustard. I say had both!
Kenny - March 13, 2017 - Report this comment
I thought the death of Triple Triangle was charging $0.25 for a hamburger at a time when McDonald's was just (about) $0.18.
Rob Lambert - July 19, 2017 - Report this comment
These were mostly independents. There's still a Triangle Hamburger place (op. 1953) in Fresno, Cal. Triple Triangles were mainly Ohio Valley, now defunct. The net provides little on these, so far as history.
D.A. - September 25, 2017 - Report this comment
Jeannie. You win. The burgers came with minced onions, pickles, ketchup and mustard, unless you ordered them otherwise. On another note, the owner's son who managed some of the TTs passed away earlier this year.
Kim Owens - December 07, 2017 - Report this comment
I try to send a picture of the Triple triangle that was it 28 and Wilson but it wouldn’t let me.
M White - July 04, 2018 - Report this comment
I remember that damn yellow! LOL
M White - July 04, 2018 - Report this comment
Anyone remember the old Red Barn Hamburger restaurants?
BOB Kemper - December 03, 2018 - Report this comment
I worked at the triple triangle it Dixie Highway and Nelson with the late Bill Collier. I think I was there in like 68 and 69. At the time ranch house had carhops that roller skated out. There was one that was cute in the face but she was chunky. I was over there one day with my friend Alan and she waited on us she seemed really sweet little did I know about 2 years later I would walk in the new Burger Chef out by the Putt-Putt and ask her out within a year we were married and had two beautiful daughters together. She filed for divorce in 86. I remember vividly as night shift manager how difficult it was to keep the guys in the back on task after we closed the hippies would come up buy a bag of fries and a couple of Cokes and sit under our awning and paint the girls boobs they called it the Summer of Love! I kept having to remind the guys the windows were clean enough go ahead and do the grill now!
M Wallen - May 22, 2021 - Report this comment
I remember a Triple Triangle in West Louisville on 28th if I remember correctly. This had to be the early 1970s as we always went there as kids with our parents.
Karen - June 07, 2021 - Report this comment
I just happen to be friends with the owner's daughter, the name is actually spelled Cooler and she has pictures and even blueprints!!! Hit me up at karenkeeling56@yahoo.com and I'll hook you up with her!
Karen - June 07, 2021 - Report this comment
Dang spell check Coyler
Karen - June 07, 2021 - Report this comment
Bob Kemper Walkie, Bill's sister remembers you!!
Chuck K - January 30, 2022 - Report this comment
I lived near the Triple Triangle location on Wilson Ave when it opened in the 60s. I remember the gimmick was the red triangle (hamburger fries and shake) cost 43 cents, the yellow with the cheeseburger was 48 cents, and the white with the fish sandwich was 53 cents. It also was in the local news when a kid crossed the railroad tracks behind the store through a stopped freight train and reached back under the cars for something (I think it might’ve been a puppy but I can’t remember for sure) when the train jerked into motion and both his arms were cut off. The guy at the Triple Triangle wrapped him up in towels and got him medical attention. Saved his life.
Billy - November 30, 2022 - Report this comment
I worked at the one on Dixie highway in 1966 sometimes Wilson Avenue proper level Road if we weren’t slaping hamburgers are working the register we were cleaning Wish I could go back in time

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