Thanks to Guy Fieri, a historic Ferndale meat company will live to split another steak.
In January, the celebrity chef and Ferndale resident purchased a historic building where the Ferndale Meat Company had operated for more than a century. It also happened to be where a young guy got his first job: making jerky.
According to the Ferndale Enterprise, the publisher of the Fieri newspaper warned 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 business means more to locals than just a place to buy pork chops or a sandwich shop, 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 and is constantly busy.
Fieri said he has no plans to change anything and will leave the work to the current owner, butcher Curt Terribilini.
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