Flying Star is a privately owned and operated fast food

Fast food

Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a...

 restaurant chain in Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...

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History

Flying Star's first location was opened in 1987 on Central in the Nob Hill area of Albuquerque, across from the UNM

University of New Mexico

The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...

 campus. At the time it was named Double Rainbow, as it was a franchisee of San Francisco ice cream chain

Double Rainbow (ice cream)

Double Rainbow is a brand of premium ice cream, sorbet, and soy-based 'ice cream' based in San Francisco, California. The company has franchises across the United States and also sells quart and half-gallon products through chains such as Trader Joe's. All of their ice creams are certified...

 of the same name. The two businesses entered into an agreement regarding the common use of the name, but eventually the Albuquerque location wanted to branch out into food restaurants and the agreement was revisited; as a result, Flying Star changed their name.

Since 1987 Flying Star has expanded to seven locations in Albuquerque, with four more locations in Bernalillo, Corrales and Santa Fe. The Downtown Albuquerque

Downtown Albuquerque

Downtown Albuquerque is the central business district of Albuquerque, New Mexico. It is where a large number of the city's highrise buildings are located, as well as being the center of government and business for the region....

 location is housed in the former Southern Union Gas Company Building

Southern Union Gas Company Building

The Southern Union Gas Company Building is a historic building in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, which is notable as one of the earliest International style buildings in the city. Built in 1951, it was the largest of several Southern Union offices around the state designed by southwestern...

, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

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