Expansion followed, with the Abdows teaming with the larger Big Boy franchise system. At the peak, there were 19 Abdow's Big Boy locations in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Restaurant-goers in ...

LONGMEADOW — Ronald J. Abdow owned restaurants — starting with Abdow’s Hi-Boy then Abdow’s Big Boy, Ivanhoe in West Springfield, The Griffin House in Connecticut and two P. J. Scott ...

A look at business news in Central Mass. over the past week.

It wasn’t long before they joined the Big Boy franchise. Over 36 years, the Abdow's Big Boy chain grew to 19 locations in Massachusetts and Connecticut. The restaurant company included the ...