LONDON — Beneath the gift shop of the original Hard Rock Cafe, ... Dave, who has eaten thousands of meals here, has a standing order: cheeseburger, fries and vanilla ice cream.

Hard Rock Cafe, he said, helped upend England’s conservative cuisine and culture. The unpretentious food and communal spirit of rock music brought a wider group of diners to the table.

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Rock hard, Hard Rock: Since the first Hard Rock Cafe opened in 1971, branches have opened everywhere from Tokyo to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (pictured). Click on to learn more.

Hanging pink Cadillac at Hard Rock Cafe Photo: Courtesy. Nairobi has had restaurants, and then it had Hard Rock Café, an international chain that took Kenya by storm when it opened shop in 1993 ...