Back in 1990 when there were only about 25 HRCs, I started collecting HRC teddy bears and decided to visit each one. In around 1992 or 1993, they started expanding like crazy and now have over 100 locations throughout the world. I still have my goal but it will take a lot longer to accomplish. I have teddy bears from all of the locations that I have actually visited. I almost never eat the food; I look at the memorabilia (better than the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), use the facilities (they have great bathrooms), and buy bears and pins.

There are a lot of collectors out there and many sell on ebay. I belong to the HRC Teddy Bear Collectors Group and we buy bears for each other and also trade bears.

So far, I've been to:

London (the original established in 1971; Eric Clapton's guitar was the first piece of memorabilia)
Paris
Edinburgh
Stockholm
Cologne
Munich
Madrid
Amsterdam (including two of the old fake ones that sold great t shirts)
Antwerp (closed)
Sydney
Queenstown
Beijing
Tokyo
Tokyo Uno Eki
San Juan
St. Thomas
Tijuana
Vancouver (closed)
Whistler (closed)
Edmonton (closed)
Banff (closed)
Calgary (closed)
Toronto
Toronto - Sky Dome
Montreal
Niagara Falls, Canada
Honolulu
Kona
Maui
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Newport Beach
La Jolla
San Diego
Las Vegas
Phoenix
Salt Lake City
Aspen (closed)
Dallas (one of the first ten that opened in the USA)
San Antonio
New Orleans
Chicago
Cleveland
Niagara Falls, USA
Nashville
Atlanta
Orlando
Miami
Myrtle Beach
Washington, DC
Atlantic City
New York
Boston

The website at www.hardrock.com provides a list of all of the HRCs.

If anyone has any old HRC teddy bears that they want to sell, please let me know.