2023-05-102023-05-102020-02-08https://hdl.handle.net/10605/363062This interview features Ali Esfandiary as he discusses how he came to American and opened a popular restaurant in Abilene, Texas. In this interview Esfandiary describes going to college in the United States and working at a restaurant while he was in school. He then delves into how he met his wife and how he worked together with a half-way house to help young adults get sober and improve their lives. Esfandiary closes the interview by recounting how he opened his restaurant and how he learned how to make chicken fried steak.1 online resource (31 pdf pages)en-USThe images in this collection are for study purposes, teaching, classroom projection and research only. Permission to publish these digital files in any form must be obtained from the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, 806-742-9070 or email reference.swco@ttu.edu.Albany (Tex.)Restaurants--Texas.Text