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Remembering Bill Knapp’s Restaurants. If you traveled in the Midwest or Florida, it’s a good bet you ate a meal at Bill Knapp’s. At the height of its popularity, Bill Knapp’s operated 69 restaurants. The fare included steak, fish and fried chicken, au gratin potatoes, ham croquettes, cole slaw and those glorious, golden Bill Knapp’s biscuits. They also had meals in a basket, including the “Glorified Steakburger” that weighed in at a third of a pound and cost $1.95. And birthdays were a Bill Knapp specialty. The percentage you saved on your meal was equal to your age, For those of us who came of age in that era, a trip to Bill Knapp’s was a family tradition we’ll never forget.