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Not to be confused with The Dwarf House, Dwarf House is a separate location. “Shortly after opening the first freestanding Chick-fil-A in 1986, founder Truett Cathy created a new restaurant that ...
Chick-fil-A headquarters in College Park, Georgia. The chain's origin can be traced to the Dwarf Grill (now the Dwarf House), a restaurant opened by S. Truett Cathy, the chain's former chairman and CEO, in Hapeville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, in 1946, [17] which is near the location of the Ford Motor Company Atlanta Assembly Plant, for many years a source of many of the restaurant's patrons.
Samuel Truett Cathy (March 14, 1921 – September 8, 2014) was an American businessman, investor, author, and philanthropist who founded the fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A in 1946. Early life [ edit ]
As a recent piece on Business Insider explains, "[t]he restaurant was originally named the Dwarf House." You see, Chick-fil-A founder, Truett Cathy, launched the company that would become Chick ...
S. Truett Cathy opened his first Chick-fil-A location with little blue menus. Originally called The Dwarf House, the restaurant became well-known in Hapeville, Georgia. Now, Little Blue Menu is a ...
Cathy was born in Jonesboro, Georgia, in 1953 as the first child of Jeanette (née McNeil) and S. Truett Cathy. [2] His father had recently started a restaurant known as the Dwarf House. Cathy has a younger brother, Bubba Cathy and sister Trudy. In addition their family fostered numerous children over the years.
Donald M. "Bubba" Cathy (born April 22, 1954) is an American billionaire businessman, EVP, Chairman, STC Brands & Chick-fil-A Ambassador of the fast-food chain Chick-fil-A, founded by his father, the late S. Truett Cathy. He is president of the sister restaurant line Dwarf House. [2]
In the 1960s, S. Truett Cathy, the owner of a local diner called the Dwarf House, contracted with Waffle House to sell his proprietary chicken sandwich, the Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich. However, the Chick-fil-A sandwich quickly overtook Waffle House's own items in sales and Waffle House ended the deal, prompting Cathy to spin off Chick-fil-A ...