The Wild Ride That Took Arby's From Fast Food Punchline To Fast Food Icon - Chowhound

Elliott Cowand Jr/Shutterstock In the mid-20th century, a pair of entrepreneurial brothers had a dream. They wanted to create a fast food chain just as successful as McDonald's, but eschew the burger in favor of a different type of sandwich: roast beef. Since then, Arby's has grown from a single location serving 69 cent roast beef sandwiches in Ohio to a global brand with more than 3,600 outposts. And that's not…