Happy Joe's
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| privately held company | |
| Industry | Restaurant |
| Founded | Bettendorf, Iowa (1972) |
| Founder | Lawrence Joseph "Happy Joe" Whitty |
| Headquarters | Bettendorf, Iowa, U.S. |
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Number of locations
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48 stores (2011) |
| Products | Italian-American cuisine pizza · pasta · desserts |
| Website | HappyJoes.com |
Happy Joe's Pizza & Ice Cream Parlor is an American pizza parlor chain based in Bettendorf, Iowa. The restaurant chain was founded in 1972 by "Happy Joe" Whitty, a former Shakey's Pizza manager.[citation needed] Its 61 restaurants are located in the Midwestern United States (in Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin).[citation needed]
Happy Joe's claims to be the first pizza restaurant to offer a taco pizza (a pizza with refried bean/tomato sauce, cheese, lettuce, tomato and taco chips). After a franchisee suggested adding tacos to the menu, Whitty invented the restaurant's best-selling product, the Taco Pizza.[1]
The Happy Joe's location on Gilbert Street in Iowa City, Iowa was destroyed by a tornado on April 13, 2006, part of the Easter Week 2006 Tornado Outbreak Sequence.[2][better source needed]
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- 1972 establishments in Iowa
- Bettendorf, Iowa
- Buffet restaurants
- Companies based in the Quad Cities
- Companies based in Iowa
- Economy of the Midwestern United States
- Ice cream parlors
- Pizza chains of the United States
- Regional restaurant chains in the United States
- Restaurants established in 1972
- Restaurants in Iowa
