Wendys Square Patty appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Wendy's square fresh-beef patty · Columbus
A fresh-beef square patty that hangs over the round bun edges, never frozen. Dave Thomas's original Wendy's signature, launched at the first East Broad Street location in 1969.
Dave Thomas opened the first Wendy's at 257 East Broad Street downtown on November 15, 1969, named for his daughter Melinda Lou. The square fresh-beef patty distinguished Wendy's from McDonald's and Burger King's frozen round patties. The Frosty followed as a half-shake half-soft-serve dessert. Wendy's moved its corporate headquarters to Dublin in 2006.