 DevCon Decisions by Clay Mackle, episode 7, Fast Food Restaurants. Water Burger was founded in 1950 in Corpus Christi, where the river enters the gulf, and is known for the 36,000 ways to customize your burger, plus it's open 24 hours a day. The first location of Church's Chicken was just across the street from the Alamo in 1952. I really can't remember eating fried chicken anywhere else while I was growing up. Taco Cabana started in Midtown District of San Antonio in 1978, and it focuses on fresh foods instead of prepackaged, pre-prepared foods. My mother-in-law is always talking about going there.