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Sep 9, 2021 · It was a flat tire that set restaurateur Sam Fox on the path toward becoming one of the country’s most successful multi-concept developers and operators. It wasn’t even his flat tire. Fox was just a summer intern when his boss sent him to his home to change his wife’s flat tire.
May 24, 2021 · Sam Fox--the genius behind True Food and Flowerchild--unveils the much-anticipated plans for his first-ever hotel property, The Global Ambassador.
- Katie Kelly Bell
Jun 2, 2021 · Sam Fox, restaurateur and creator of Fly Bye, Twelve Thirty Lounge, Flower Child and more is entering the luxury hotel business with The Global Ambassador in Phoenix, the entrepreneur announced last week.
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- He's Been An Entrepreneur Since Childhood
- He Comes from A Family of Restaurateurs
- He's A Wildcat, Sort Of, and They Love Him For It
- His First Fox Restaurant Was A Winner
- He's Created at Least 16 Concepts
- He's Sold His Restaurants Before
- He Helped Write A Bestselling Cookbook
- Celebrities Love His Restaurants
- It's Unclear If He Knows Cheesecake Factory Fan Drake
Fox caught the entrepreneurial bug at a young age, selling gum to classmates. He told Arizona Republic reporter Sue Doerfler in 2015, "I would go to Price Club and buy a pack for 25 cents and I'd go to school and sell a piece for 25 cents each," he said. "I think the janitor at school probably hated me. There was gum all over."
Fox blended his entrepreneurial spirit with knowledge of restaurants from his family. Fox is a third-generation restaurateur, and his parents ran restaurants including the Hungry Fox in Tucson. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
Fox’s parents wanted him to stay away from the restaurant business, so he attended the University of Arizona, majoring in real-estate finance. Fox ended up dropping out of college to follow his passion and opened his first restaurant in Tucson with the rest of his college savings. Still, the University of Arizona is proud of their hometown restaura...
The first Fox Restaurant Concepts restaurant was Wildflower, an upscale American eatery located in North Tucson. The restaurant opened in 1998 and continues to be a Tucson favorite. The restaurant celebrated its 20th anniversary in October 2018.
So, which restaurants has Sam Fox opened? While some restaurants started with Fox and later were sold, current FRC restaurants include: Flower Child, Blanco, Olive & Ivy, The Arrogant Butcher, North Italia, Culinary Dropout, Zinburger, The Henry, The Greene House, Wildflower, and Fox’s newest concept, Dough Bird.
Prior to selling his entire company, Fox has sold individual restaurant concepts. Sauce Pizza and Wine started under the Fox Concepts umbrella and then was sold to the Scottsdale group who created RA Sushi. Fox announced the sale in early 2015.
Fox collaborated on a New York Times bestselling cookbook. Fox partnered with Andrew Weil, a doctor and advocate for alternative medicine, to open True Food Kitchen. The pair, along with True Food Kitchen’s head chef Michael Stebner, wrote "True Food" to share their health-inspired recipes with fans. SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE:Why Sam Fox selling to Chee...
Fox launched True Food Kitchen in 2008. It later spun off into its own national chain of restaurants. After eating at the Santa Monica, California location, Oprah Winfrey took a liking to the restaurant's food and mission. Winfrey made an investment in the company and is now on the board of directors at True Food, helping as a collaborator and cons...
Apparently, Canadian rapper Drake is a fan of the million-page menu, even mentioning the Cheesecake Factory in his song "Child's Play" asking "Why you gotta fight with me at Cheesecake? You know I love to go there," and singing about the clientele, "This a place for families that drive Camrys and go to Disney. They don't need to know all of our bus...
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Sep 12, 2023 · But that’s just what prolific restaurateur Sam Fox is doing at The Global Ambassador, a 141-room hotel slated to open in Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood in November. Fox, a nine-time James Beard Award nominee for Restaurateur of the Year, heads Fox Restaurant Concepts and has been a leader of culinary trends in the industry, such as the now ...
May 24, 2021 · Sam Fox, the restaurateur behind Culinary Dropout, North Italia and others, announced plans for a high-end hotel with an international vibe.
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Nov 16, 2021 · The restaurateur discusses his two latest projects: the Global Ambassador and the Twelve Thirty Club. Words by: Katie Kervin • Photos by Jason Bihler + Seth Parker. Veteran restaurateur Sam Fox has spent more than two decades in the business, with 100-plus venues under his belt and counting.
