Small Business Spotlight: The Original Burger King in Mattoon, Illinois! This spot is truly amazing. Great burgers. Affordable prices. Local love. No corporate greed—the way restaurants ought to be 🇺🇸 But wait, it gets better. When Corporate Burger King invaded Illinois in 1961, this small mom and pop shop took them to court—and won. In the 1968 court case Burger King of Florida, Inc. v. Hoots, the judge decided in favor of the local owners, barring Corporate Burger King from operating under t