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Bob's

  • Brazil
  • Since 1952
  • $
  • 12 burgers · 0 made at home

Brazil’s first fast-food chain, founded by a Wimbledon champion.

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About Bob's

Bob’s is the only burger chain on this site founded by a Wimbledon champion. Bob Falkenburg, an American tennis player who won Wimbledon in 1948, moved to Brazil and opened a small snack bar in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, in 1952, bringing American-style burgers and milkshakes to a country that had never seen fast food. It was Brazil’s first fast-food chain.

Falkenburg sold the business in the 1970s, but the name stuck, and Bob’s became a Brazilian institution with hundreds of restaurants. Its most famous product is not a burger at all but the Ovomaltine milkshake, so popular that it became a national craving, and then a rivalry when McDonald’s Brazil secured the Ovomaltine brand in 2016.

Around 800 restaurants across Brazil.

Burger menu

Signature burgers first. Only burgers and sandwiches, no sides.

Where to find Bob's

223 locations on the map in 3 countries. Tap a pin for directions.

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  • Brazil 192
  • Philippines 1
  • United States 1

Locations as mapped by OpenStreetMap volunteers, updated October 2026. The count can trail the chain’s own figures; check the chain’s store finder before you travel. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

If you like Bob's

Chains whose signature burgers are built the same way.
  • The Food Truck Store (Argentina). Buenos Aires’s American-style burger brand, now in Miami and Barcelona and among the world’s top 25. Also built on beef, a special sauce and cheese.
  • Madero (Brazil, since 2005). The Curitiba steakhouse chain that sells itself on “the best burger in the world”. Also built on beef and cheese.
  • Giraffas (Brazil, since 1981). The Brasília fast-food chain where the burger comes with a fried egg. Also built on beef and cheese.
  • Bembos (Peru, since 1988). Peru’s own burger chain, with fried plantain and egg on the menu. Also built on beef and cheese.

Not affiliated with Bob's. Trademarks and logos belong to their owners. Descriptions are my own; nutrition figures come from the chain’s published information, checked October 2026.