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Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

 

Hosted By Vicki Gonzalez

Award-winning journalist Vicki Gonzalez hosts interviews with community leaders, advocates, experts, artists and more to provide background and understanding on breaking news, big events, politics and culture in the Sacramento region and beyond.

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Remembering Lina Fat

Monday, December 2, 2019 | Sacramento, CA
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Courtesy of Corinne Chee

Lina Fat in the kitchen of Frank Fat's restaurant

Courtesy of Corinne Chee

Lina Fat, former Master Chef and head of research and development for the legendary Sacramento restaurant Frank Fat’s, died last Monday. 

Frank Fat’s on L Street is known for its Chinese cuisine and famous banana cream pie. And, if the walls of that restaurant could talk, they would tell many tales of lobbying and legislative deal making. Frank Fat’s celebrated its 80th anniversary over the summer, commemorating many decades of feeding Sacramentans and visitors from near and far.

Frank Fat’s is a short walk from California’s State Capitol building. It opened across the street from the Greyhound bus depot in 1939, in the midst of the Great Depression. Fat’s is a beloved and treasured icon of the Sacramento restaurant scene, and has become known as the “Third House” of the State Legislature. 

In her interview with Insight Host Beth Ruyak in September 2019, Lina Fat reflected on many themes, including being a woman in the workplace, what it’s like working closely with family, and about the friends she’d made along the way.

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    Frank Fat’s has a storied history in Sacramento. From its origins in the Great Depression to this year’s 80th anniversary celebration, Frank Fat’s has fed many and also seen political deals struck. Lina Fat shares her perspective on this history.

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