A historic Ferndale meat business will live to cut another steak, thanks to Guy Fieri.
In January, the famous and native Ferndale chef bought a historic building where the Ferndale Meat Company operated for more than a century. It also happened to be where a young Guy got his first job – making beef jerky.
According to Ferndale Enterprise, the newspaper’s editor alerted Fieri that the building was for sale for $ 299,299. The host of “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives” bought the building the next day.
Fieri noted that the deal means more to locals than simply a place to buy pork chops or a deli sandwich, citing its importance to 4-H and FFA students, along with hunters in the region. Ferndale Meat Company is one of the few butchers in rural northern California counties and is constantly busy.
Fieri said he does not intend to change anything and will leave the operations to the current owner, butcher Curt Terribilini.
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