Goody Goody restaurant records

Collection

Identifier: G21

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Business records of Stayers & Company and the Goody Goody Sandwich shop. Also includes certificate of incorporation, ledgers, check stubs, and transaction records. As a whole, the collection covers 1929 to roughly 1950, but the transaction records span from 1934 to 1946.

Dates

Created: 1930-1946

Creator

Goody Goody Burgers (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

None. The contents of this collection may be subject to copyright. Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/for more information.

Biographical or Historical Information

Ralph Stephens founded the original Goody Goody Sandwich Shop in 1925. Sarah Stayers, Carl Stayers, and his wife bought the Goody Goody Sandwich Shop in 1929 and moved the restaurant from Grand Central (Kennedy Blvd.) to Florida Avenue in 1930. One of several drive-in restaurants in Tampa at the time, it is one of the oldest in the world and served as a community hangout for decades. Goody’s heyday (and that of drive-in restaurants in general) spanned the 1940s to the 1960s.

Note written by Joe Tamargo, 2011