 Childs' logo of 1907 | |
 Childs Restaurant, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, c. 1908 | |
| Industry | Restaurant |
|---|---|
| Founded | Manhattan, New York City, United States (1889) |
| Founder | Samuel Childs, William Childs |
| Defunct | 1967 |
| Fate | None in operation since late 1960s |
Number of locations | 107 locations in 29 cities in 1925 |
Area served | New York City and other northeastern U.S. cities |
| Products | Pancakes, American cuisine |
Childs Restaurants was one of the first national dining chains in the United States and Canada, having peaked in the 1920s and 1930s with about 125 locations in dozens of markets, serving over 50,000,000 meals a year, with over $37 million in assets at the time. Childs was a pioneer in a number of areas, including design, service, sanitation, and labor relations. It was a contemporary of food service companies such as Horn & Hardart, and a predecessor of companies such as McDonald's.