622 3 Mile Road (Racine, Wisconsin)

622 3 Mile Road is a restaurant building on 3 Mile Road, near Erie Street in Racine, Wisconsin. Built for a Famous Recipe Fried Chicken restaurant in 1980, the building suffered a major fire in 1991 and was remodeled into a Hardee's location the following year. Since 2019, the building has housed one of Blue Bear Bakery's two locations in Racine.

Famous Recipe Fried Chicken/Hammes' All-American Chicken (1980–1991)
On November 8, 1979, the site was purchased by Dr. James Hammes. A 2000 sqft, 45-seat restaurant building was constructed on the property, for a Famous Recipe Fried Chicken restaurant franchised by Hammes and William M. Wells. Managed by Hammes' nephew Jay, the restaurant opened on November 3, 1980. The Hammes family opened Racine's second Famous Recipe restaurant at 2815 Durand Avenue in 1984. In February 1987, the Hammes bought out their franchise agreement with the Famous Recipe chain, and their two restaurants were renamed Hammes' All-American Chicken.

In the early morning hours of October 30, 1991, a severe fire caused $250,000 in damages to the restaurant, nearly destroying the building.

Hardee's (1992–2004?)
Hammes sold the property on February 27, 1992, to "NC I and NC II", an entity representing Hardee's Management Group, a Hardee's franchisee based in Racine. In April, Hardee's announced it would remodel the damaged building into an 80-seat "Hardee's Mini" restaurant, its second location in the Racine area after its Mount Pleasant restaurant at 1235 South Green Bay Road. The restaurant opened at the end of June 1992.

On June 22, 1998, boxes of playground equipment at the neighboring KinderCare daycare at 700 3 Mile Road caught fire, and seven Hardee's workers successfully stopped the fire. The Racine Fire Department recognized their effort at a ceremony the following month, where five of the workers received public service awards (the other two did not attend the ceremony).

Fohr's Catering (2004–2019?)
By March 2004, the Hardee's location had closed. On September 30, 2004, the property was sold to Fohr's Catering.

On July 29, 2014, a Fohr's Catering van was involved in a collision with an SUV in Caledonia. The Fohr's driver sustained serious injuries in the crash. Fohr's Catering LLC was legally dissolved on April 18, 2019.

Blue Bear Bakery (2019–present)
Married couple Joe Schulte and Tesa Santoro-Schulte, owners of Blue Bear Bakery at 2920 Taylor Avenue, purchased the building from Fohr's Catering on January 4, 2019. Blue Bear Bakery's second location opened in the building on July 30, 2019.