Oct. 16—When a Facebook post went up Oct. 9, the chatter ran faster than that of a busload of kids lined up to listen to a message from the Happy Chef statue. It was 60 years ago when the Frederick ...
MANKATO – After more than two decades of silence, the Happy Chef has a lot to say. He's got some thoughts on dining. "That's not a flying saucer!" the 36-foot-tall fiberglass foodie boomed this week ...
MANKATO — Tom Frederick Sr. spent a lot of time in the car during much of his career, crisscrossing the Midwest on two-lane roads and the just-developing Interstate Highway system. “I put on 80,000 ...
CZN Burak, whose real name is Burak Özdemir, is a social media sensation who rose to fame in 2018 and has since become one of Turkey's most popular and successful celebrity chefs. People first knew ...
MANKATO, Minn. - Like a spoon-toting Lady Liberty, for 50 years the Happy Chef has welcomed visitors to Mankato. For the last 20 - silently. But no more. Last Friday, the kitschy 38-foot statue got ...
Area readers believe the Happy Chef Restaurant statue should become part of Mankato's historic landmarks, according to a Free Press online question. Out of 326 total respondents, 262 — more than 80 ...
From the first Happy Chef eatery in Mankato, there followed dozens more of the family-style restaurants, sprinkled around Minnesota and elsewhere in the Midwest as far south as Kansas. That first ...
MANKATO, Minn. — The Happy Chef has spoken. Asked to join Mankato’s list of Heritage Preservation Landmarks, the 36-foot spoon-wielding cook that’s loomed over the city’s northern entrance for 50 ...
WATERLOO, Iowa --- First, the chef disappeared. Now this? Happy Chef restaurants in Waterloo and Cedar Falls are slated to close today, ending a nearly 40-year run in the Cedar Valley. Chuck Melby has ...
Even though Eric Aldis is a breakfast man who loves his eggs, he's pretty good about flipping a steak, too. Aldis, 28, is executive chef at Mo's … A Place for Steaks, 1801 Post Oak Blvd. “For a great ...
Tom Frederick Sr. spent a lot of time in the car during much of his career, crisscrossing the Midwest on two-lane roads and the just-developing Interstate Highway system. “I put on 80,000 miles a year ...