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Santa Rosa Assistant Fire Marshal Paul Lowenthal bumps elbows with celebrity chef Guy Fieri at Memorial Hospital on Wednesday. Fieri brought family, friends and his 48-foot Guy’s Smokehouse Stagecoach mobile kitchen to feed first responders and hospital workers lunch. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat).
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Guy Fieri poses for a picture with Kellee and Blake, who picked up a free lunch at Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa on Wednesday. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat).
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A hospital worker poses for a quick picture with celebrity chef Guy Fieri at Memorial Hospital on Wednesday. Fieri brought family, friends and his 48-foot Guy’s Smokehouse Stagecoach mobile kitchen to feed first responders and hospital workers lunch. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat).
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From right, celebrity chef Guy Fieri jokes with Miguel Fernandez and Angel Menjivar while picking up lunch with first responders and hospital workers at Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa on Wednesday. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat).
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Guy Fiieri brought family, friends and his 48-foot Guy’s Smokehouse Stagecoach mobile kitchen to feed first responders and hospital workers lunch at Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa on Wednesday. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat).
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Hospital workers pose for a quick picture with celebrity chef Guy Fieri at Memorial Hospital on Wednesday. Fieri brought family, friends and his 48-foot Guy’s Smokehouse Stagecoach mobile kitchen to feed first responders and hospital workers lunch. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat).
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Firefighters picked up to go lunches for the rest of the crew from Guy’s Smokehouse Stagecoach mobile kitchen serving first responders and hospital workers at Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa on Wednesday. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat).
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Guy Fieri signs hundreds of to go lunches made out of his 48-foot Guy’s Smokehouse Stagecoach mobile kitchen for first responders and hospital workers at Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa on Wednesday. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat).
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Guy Fiieri signed every to go box lunch he and friends made for first responders and hospital workers lunch at Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa on Wednesday. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat).
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Hospital workers pose for a quick picture with celebrity chef Guy Fieri at Memorial Hospital on Wednesday. Fieri brought family, friends and his 48-foot Guy’s Smokehouse Stagecoach mobile kitchen to feed first responders and hospital workers lunch. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat).
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Surgical technician Kasia Kulk poses for a quick picture with celebrity chef Guy Fieri at Memorial Hospital on Wednesday. Fieri brought family, friends and his 48-foot Guy’s Smokehouse Stagecoach mobile kitchen to feed first responders and hospital workers lunch. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat).
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Hospital workers pose for a quick picture with celebrity chef Guy Fieri at Memorial Hospital on Wednesday. Fieri brought family, friends and his 48-foot Guy’s Smokehouse Stagecoach mobile kitchen to feed first responders and hospital workers lunch. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat).
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Celebrity chef Guy Fiieri takes a selfie with Santa Rosa CHP commander Aristotle Wolfe, who picked up bags of to go lunches for his office at Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa. Fieri brought family, friends and his 48-foot Guy’s Smokehouse Stagecoach mobile kitchen to feed first responders and hospital workers lunch on Wednesday. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat).
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Guy Fieri, left, brought family, friends and his 48-foot Guy’s Smokehouse Stagecoach mobile kitchen to feed first responders and hospital workers lunch at Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa on Wednesday. (photo by John Burgess/The Press Democrat).
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Celebrity chef Guy Fieri, right, and Cesar Orozco pack bins with food to be delivered to area evacuation centers by the Salvation Army, behind the Veterans Memorial building in Santa Rosa on Thursday, October 12, 2017. (Christopher Chung/ The Press Democrat)
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A historic Ferndale meat business will live to cleave another steak, thanks to Guy Fieri.
In January, the celebrity chef and Ferndale native purchased a historic building where the Ferndale Meat Company had operated for more than a century. It also happened to be where a young Guy got his first job — making jerky.
According to the Ferndale Enterprise, the newspaper’s publisher alerted Fieri that the building was for sale for $299,299. The “Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives” host bought the building the next day.
Fieri noted that the business means more to locals than simply a spot to buy pork chops or a deli sandwich, citing its importance to 4-H and FFA students, along with hunters in the region. Ferndale Meat Company is one of only a handful of butchers in rural Northern California counties and is constantly busy.
Fieri said he doesn’t plan to change a thing, and will leave operations to the current owner, Butcher Curt Terribilini.
Editor’s Note: Travel, dining and wine tasting can be complicated right now. Use our inspirational ideas to plan ahead for your next outing, be it this week or next year. If you visit restaurants, wineries, and other businesses during the pandemic, remember to call ahead, make reservations, wear a mask and social distance.