National Tater Tot Day Timeline

2009

National Tater Tot Day officially recognized

Well, because these little (potato) babies need a day all their own. Don't you just want some this minute?

1953

Tater tots invented

Credit a company named Ore-Ida (for Oregon-Idaho). Their slogan? "When it says Ore-Ida, they're all-righta!"

1953

Sonic Drive-In opened

It's a tater tot hot spot now — but they didn't serve them when they first opened.