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Fat Man Nok’s serving the community
By Sarah Shurge and how everyone loved them. He
Life is full of inspiration. Small thought of how he used to come to
everyday things can influence your the different Coney Islands in Wayne
future without you even realizing it. even before he moved here almost
The smell of hot dogs when you four years ago. He thought of how
walked into Home Depot. The “Big hot dogs are his favorite on-the-go
Boy” statue outside of Big Boy wear- food. With all of this, he came up
ing his retro red and white sus- with his idea.
penders hoisting up a plate with a With every great idea, it needs a
burger. great location.
These might seem like insignifi- Scott did research around the
cant things, but to some people, they community for where people walked,
are inspiration. Some people like traveled, or drove past for work. He
Lorence Scott II, who was inspired to lives a few blocks away from the
start his own food cart business, Fat West Town Market on the corner of
Man Nok’s. Howe Rd. and Forrest St., and this
For six years, Scott worked at gave him the idea about the location.
Home City Ice in Romulus. He was Scott presented his idea to the
working nine to 12 hour shifts a day, owners of West Town Market, father
six days a week. He was tired. Tired and son, Gus Faraj and Joey Faraj.
from the long hours and tired of not Their full support was Scott’s green
being able to see his three daughters light to move forward with his busi-
and his long-term girlfriend. ness.
While life is full of inspiration, it “He is from the neighborhood,
is also full of life-defining moments. he's a great guy, and customers really
Moments that make you take a good appreciate having food. I thought it
long hard look at your life. Moments would be a great idea for the neigh-
like when Scott got injured on the borhood,” said Joey.
job. Lorence Scott II, owner of Fat Man Nok’s. Scott had the idea, he had the lo-
He informed his employers that cation, now he just needed the sup-
he was not sure if he could return to plies.
working the third shift, but in his ab- Life is full of inspiration, life-
sence, they shut the third shift down. defining moments, and life is full of
After putting in so much time, work, the right people you need at the right
and effort into his job, Scott felt re- time.
placeable. So, he decided to start a Scott moved to Wayne nearly four
business by himself. years ago and one of his neighbors
In order to start something, you happens to be Jeff Frazier. Frazier
need to have an idea. owns Frazier’s Auto Service Towing.
“About a year and a half ago I de- When Scott mentioned his business
cided I wanted to do something with idea, Frazier offered to drive Scott
food,” said Scott. “I wanted to pro- six hours round trip to Canton, Ohio
vide something quick and easy for to purchase the food cart he needed.
customers that they would enjoy.” “At first we didn't really know
Scott thought back to when
Home Depot used to sell hot dogs See Hot Dog, page 14
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