Farmer Boys

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Farmer Boys is a quick service restaurant chain based primarily in California, with headquarters in Riverside, California.

History[]

Farmer Boys restaurant in Los Angeles

Farmer Boys was founded by the Havadjias brothers in 1981. The Havadjias family were immigrants from Cyprus. The brothers originally owned Astro Burgers in Torrance, California in 1979 and Theodore's Restaurant in Hollywood, California in 1981 prior to owning McCoy's Restaurant in Perris, California. McCoy's Restaurant became the first Farmer Boys restaurant following the name change in August 1981. About 16 years later, Farmer Boys had grown to eight restaurants. A year later, Farmer Boys was granted franchise status and later in the year, a Farmer Boys restaurant opened in Temecula, California.

To date, there are over 100 Farmer Boys restaurants in Arizona, California and Nevada. Today, thanks to an ever-expanding franchise operation, the Farmer Boys family continues to grow.[1]

In February 2020, Farmer Boys changes its name to "Farmer Girls" throughout March to celebrate Women’s History Month and International Women's Day, also giving their popular Bacon Boy burger a new name: “Bacon Girl.” The name change was also to honor the chain's 1,600 plus female staff members who help run the business.[2]

In mid-March 2020, like many restaurants, the COVID-19 pandemic caused eat-in dining to shut down. Customers make their orders via drive-thru, delivery, take-away or pick-up service.

February 2021 saw expansion into Arizona, the restaurant’s third state of operation after California and Nevada. Gilbert, Arizona was the first location; Phoenix & Tempe will join next.[citation needed]

Awards[]

Inside a Farmer Boys restaurant

Farmer Boys was voted Best Burger in the Inland Empire by MyFoxLA Hotlist Inland Empire, KTTV-TV.[3] KCBS-TV (CBS 2) has named Farmer Boys as the best burger in Southern California, as well as Inland Empire Magazine's best burger. Farmer Boys has also won awards for their deep-fried zucchini and monster-sized onion rings, described as "'monster truck tires' compared to competitors' 'puny little training wheels'".[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "History – Farmer Boys". Farmerboys.com.
  2. ^ "Farmer Boys Changes Name to Farmer Girls for Women's History Month". QSR magazine. Retrieved 2020-04-27.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-11. Retrieved 2011-12-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Riverside Press Enterprise (2000) Note: Comment made in 2001 by a contributing author to the Riverside PE.

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