Hartzog ran a chain of bakeries selling biscuits to Colonel Sanders franchisees nationally. Thomas sold his Colonel Sanders franchises back to that company for $3 million. Hartzog.ĭavis was a real estate developer who built and leased several Colonel Sanders Kentucky Fried Chicken properties. Robert Davis, his friend and future Wendy's founder Dave Thomas, and L. The franchise company was started in Columbus, Ohio in 1969 as National Fast Food Corp. John Elliott claimed the fish recipe to be the actor's own, brought over from the United Kingdom. In a 1975 interview, New England franchise vice president M. Regardless, he "served as a spokesman for the restaurant chain in its early years, underscoring the British character of its food." He would sometimes visit the restaurants in a red double-decker bus. Treacher refused in interviews to confirm whether he had a financial involvement in the restaurants. At the time the chain was founded, Treacher was best known as the announcer and sidekick on the popular The Merv Griffin Show. The chain's namesake is Arthur Treacher (1894–1975), an English character actor typecast as "the perfect butler" for his performances as Jeeves, as a butler in several Shirley Temple films, and the role of Constable Jones in Walt Disney Productions' Mary Poppins.
#FISH AND CHIPS NEAR ME TEMPLE CITY TV#
Or whatever’s on network TV these days.A since-closed Arthur Treacher's co-branded with a Nathan's Famous in Downtown Pittsburgh. We’re not sure whether that fully explains how a strip mall spot in Glendale can have six types of extremely fresh oysters at any given moment, but there are some mysteries better left to the people on CSI. In addition to being a damn good restaurant and fish shop, Fish King is also a distributor, so if you’ve eaten great seafood at a restaurant recently, there’s a good chance they bought it from these people. The fried “Crunch” fish sandwich is also a winner, and a lesson in simplicity - just fried whitefish, tomato, mayo, and lettuce on a toasted roll, it’s like if the Filet-O-Fish was actually fantastic. The scallops taste like fried sea butter, the oysters hold their brininess well through the light breading, and the calamari is super juicy (although we wish they served the tentacles, not just the bodies). Our favorite is the Hawaiian, with perfectly oily sesame tuna, but get whatever looks good to you.Ĭhances are that, in addition to the poke, it’ll be hard to resist the urge to order everything in the “fried” section. But this is true, Hawaiian-style poke (which makes sense, since the owner’s family is from Oahu), meaning there’s no option to customize it with taro root or guacamole - it’s basically just a scoop of the freshest fish around, over rice and seaweed salad. Poke has become so ubiquitous around LA that it feels like every other restaurant on Third St. When we’re here alone, we usually order some poke. If you’re looking for a new washer/dryer combo, you’re definitely in the wrong place.īut if you want fish, this is the spot.
When you walk in, you’re greeted by a massive case of seafood - six different kinds of oysters, five kinds of poke, shrimp, scallops, halibut, hamachi, swordfish, salmon, snapper - and a huge board that tells you all the different ways you can order those things (fried, grilled, occasionally raw). But inside, there’s no mistaking what you’re here for.
It’s in a strip mall, and from the street, it’s virtually indistinguishable from the adjacent appliance store. Except instead of trying to see some bank robber’s eye color, we’re trying to zoom in and spot the restaurants hiding in between the pawn shops and ophthalmologist offices.įish King, a seafood market and restaurant in Glendale, is one of those hard-to-spot places. But it’s kind of our job, so whenever we’re stuck in traffic, we’ll look over at a strip mall, take a mental picture, and then pretend we’re on a crime procedural and enhance the image. It’s impossible to spot every excellent restaurant in Los Angeles, especially when so many of them are hiding in plain sight.
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