Pal's - Company History

Company History

  • 1956 - First Pal’s opened Kingsport # 1
  • 1958 - Lynn Garden Pal's #2
  • 1985 - First drive thrus open in Kingsport
  • 1990 - Pal's #5 opened in Johnson City
  • 1991 - Greeneville #6 and Gate City #7
  • 1992 - Pal's Johnson City Mall #8 and Elizabethton #9
  • 1993 - Pal's #10 Volunteer Parkway
  • 1994 - Pal's #11 Bristol Highway
  • 1995 - Pal's Brook's Circle #12 and Rogersville #13
  • 1997 - Pal's Morristown #14
  • 1998 - Pal's #15 and Big Breakfast Introduced
  • 1999 - Pal's opens in Bristol at Exit 7
  • 2001 - Pal's Wins Baldrige National Quality Award
  • 2002 - President Bush presents Pal's the Baldrige Award
  • 2003 - Two new Pal's, Gray and Blountville
  • 2006 - Pal's opens in Jonesborough
  • 2007 - Pal's celebrates the 20th year of the "big tea"
  • 2008 - Pal's opens in Lebanon, Virginia
  • 2008 - Founder Pal Barger is on board the MS Nautica when it is attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden.
  • 2009 - Pal's opens in Greeneville
  • 2009 - Pal's introduces Razzie Tea
  • 2009 - Neon sign at Pal's #2 taken down due to high costs of operation
  • 2010 - Pal's opens in Norton, Virginia. It has the biggest opening in Pal's history.
  • 2012 - Pal's introduces new 3D website http://palsweb.com

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