Three Generations Of A Wyoming Family Have Owned And Operated The Legendary Peaches Family Restaurant
By Kim Magaraci|Published April 13, 2022
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Kim Magaraci graduated Rutgers University with a degree in Geography and has spent the last seven years as a freelance travel writer. Contact: kmagaraci@onlyinyourstate.com
Wyoming has its share of longstanding family-owned restaurants, but perhaps none is more iconic than Peaches Family Restaurant – formerly known as the Red Barn.
Way back in 1965, the original Red Barn opened in Casper, Wyoming. It was a drive-in burger joint and a small national franchise, and it quickly became the rage in this bustling Wyoming town.
By 1971, Bill & Phyllis Douglass had purchased The Red Barn, and they entertained thousands of diners over the next decade. They specialized in serving up fried fish, fried chicken, and burgers.
The Red Barn became Peaches Family Restaurant, and changed hands a few times over the next few decades. In 2016, though, it came back to the Douglass Family. Today, Bill Douglass, Jr. runs the place, with his nephew Chris working by his side.
Throughout the years, Peaches has been renovated and updated, but it still maintains that simple charm that was the hallmark of 1960s' drive-in fast food restaurants.
Their burgers are cooked fresh to order, and you can taste the difference between a meal at this family-owned establishment and those bigger national fast food joints.