Fatburger

They, they struggle.

They have a, they have a chain in California called Fat Burger.

Mm-hmm.

And at Fat Burger you can get fat fries or, or thin fries, and the fat fries are what we, what we would call steak fries.

Yeah.

You know? And, and they're quite good there.

Obviously, there's In-N-Out, which is a tough competitor.

But you also you have Jack in the Box and you have Fatburger.

You have other brands that that that were home there.

And, you know, when McDonald's got to start out in California, is it is it really you can talk a little bit about the competitiveness and what and what kind of pressure that this puts on a brand like Carl's to just sort of maintain that?

In-N-Out's a hamburger joint, in case you don't know, in case you're not familiar with the West Coast.

Kind of like Fat Burger.

She has this baseball bat-sized stick, and she's overhead smashing it on top of the counter.

So the guy's like a small town hero.

The first four and a half years was me in the studio every day, writing songs for other people." I had jobs too, 11 jobs.

I worked at Kinko's, Fatburger, Subway.

I was a sandwich artist and I was a claims processor at Allstate Insurance.

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was a successful trip out.

And I don't think there's any better place to get a Fatburger than at the River Creek.

Oh, my gosh.

When were you there? Saturday.

It's hot as hell.

The sorority and fraternity guys are sitting over there at the 32nd Street Bar at the end of fraternity and sorority eating a cheeseburger, which is the best cheeseburger in L.A. Not named, well, Fatburger maybe, but 32nd Street Cafe drinking cold beer indoors, having fun, checking out a sorority girl, and the guys are having fun because you know you're kicking their ass.

No disrespect, but you're going to.

So I'm not alarmed.

And, like, random people just trying to get, like, close to the famous people to talk to them or whatever.

Oh, yeah, I saw Kendall Jenner in a Fat Burger last night, which was funny.

Oh, real life.

I thought you were talking-