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Burger Throwdown on Plymouth

Entrepreneurs ramp up their chutzpah

by Sally Mitani

posted 12/27/2009

With its bright mustard- and ketchup-colored burger-shaped logo and self-congratulatory name, Famous Hamburger projects a cheery, in-your-face chutzpah. It's no act: the tiny chain opened its fourth store in October in the Courtyard Shops at North Campus Plaza, just a few steps away from Wendy's.

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