Established 1939 (1939) Other information Price range: Moderate City Sacramento | Current owner(s) Jerry Fat Website FatsRestaurants.com Food type Chinese cuisine | |
Founded 1939, Sacramento, California, United States | ||
Frank fat s restaurant in 1950
Frank Fat's Restaurant is a Chinese cuisine restaurant in Sacramento, California founded in 1939 by a Chinese immigrant who entered the United States in 1919. The original restaurant is one of five now owned by the family.
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Frank Fat's celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2014.
Frank Fat's is a 2013 winner of a James Beard Foundation Award as an American Classic.
History
Frank Fat emigrated to San Francisco in 1919 at age 16 with neither money nor identification. He was later able to impress a man he just met to lend him $2000 to open a restaurant.
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