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'''W.W. “Biff” Naylor''' is a retired restaurant owner in Los Angeles, California. He was born in Oakland, California<ref>{{cite news| title=Oakland: Biff's to be torn down, replaced by 'hipster hive' of 255 condo units| url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/04/14/oakland-biffs-to-be-torn-down-replaced-by-hipster-hive-of-255-condo-units/#:~:text=The%20Houston%20developer%20Hanover%20Co,%2C%20respectively%2C%20of%20retail%20space.| access-date=29 October 2020| newspaper=San Jose Mercury News| date=14 April 2016}}</ref> in 1939 <ref name="A Love Letter to L.A.’s Eternally Charming Diners and Coffee Shops">{{cite news |url=https://www.lamag.com/mag-features/vintage-diners/ |title=A Love Letter to L.A.’s Eternally Charming Diners and Coffee Shops |website=[[Los Angeles magazine]] |date=November 21, 2017 |first=Patric |last=Kuh}}</ref> and graduated from [[Pennsylvania State University]]. In 2017 [[Los_Angeles_(magazine)]] food critic Patric Kuh called the longtime restaurant operator "Diner royalty" <ref name="A Love Letter to L.A.’s Eternally Charming Diners and Coffee Shops">{{cite news |url=https://www.lamag.com/mag-features/vintage-diners/ |title=A Love Letter to L.A.’s Eternally Charming Diners and Coffee Shops |website=[[Los Angeles magazine]] |date=November 21, 2017 |first=Patric |last=Kuh}}</ref>." <ref>{{cite news| title=NRA's Naylor speaks out on food industry issues| newspaper=Nation's Restaurant News| date=16 September 1996 }}</ref>. His father W.W. “Tiny” Naylor started Tiny’s Waffle Shops in Central California in the 1920s, and operated a chain of more than 40 [[Tiny Naylor’s]] and Biff’s restaurants in Southern California.<ref name="Du-par’s Bringing Famous West Coast Brand East">{{cite news |url=https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/du-pars-bringing-famous-west-coast-brand-east/ |title=Du-par’s Bringing Famous West Coast Brand East |magazine=[[Bethesda Beat]] |date=November 30, 2012 }}</ref> Biff Naylor took over operations of Tiny Naylor's after his father's death in 1959<ref>{{cite news |title==Tiny Naylor, Restaurant and Racing Figure Dies| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| location=Los Angeles| date=19 August 1959}}</ref> and was still operating at least one location in 1999<ref>{{cite web| title=‘I’ll Have the Blue-Plate Special’| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-14-ca-22021-story.html/| website=Los Angeles Times| location=Los Angeles| date=14 October 1999}}</ref>. Naylor is the oldest of five brothers <ref>{{cite news| title=NRA's Naylor speaks out on food industry issues| newspaper=Nation's Restaurant News| date=16 September 1996 }}</ref> who ran American Restaurant Services, Inc. which operated Café River City in Sacramento, California, Tiny’s family restaurant in Capitola, California, and seven Cindy’s coffee shops in Northern California.<ref>{{cite web| last1=United States Congress| title=Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act: Hearings Before the Committee | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n3r0SK-yFRAC&pg=PA301&lpg=PA301&dq=%22Biff+naylor%22+california+restaurant+association&source=bl&ots=1S_XYvyN1L&sig=ACfU3U20vT1CADOw7cgsxU4lN1qwyTnFAA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwic2o2Y-tfsAhXUJjQIHVKzC1g4ChDoATAIegQICRAC#v=onepage&q=%22Biff%20naylor%22%20california%20restaurant%20association&f=false| website=via Google Books| location=Washington, D.C.| date=1 May 1989}}</ref> He became chief executive of the Hershel's Delicatessen chain, created by [[Denny's]] founder Harold Butler, in 1987. <ref>{{cite news| title=Collins to buy Hershel's under Chapter 11 plan| newspaper=Nation's Restaurant News| date=20 July 1987 }}</ref> |
'''W.W. “Biff” Naylor''' is a retired restaurant owner in Los Angeles, California. He was born in Oakland, California<ref>{{cite news| title=Oakland: Biff's to be torn down, replaced by 'hipster hive' of 255 condo units| url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2016/04/14/oakland-biffs-to-be-torn-down-replaced-by-hipster-hive-of-255-condo-units/#:~:text=The%20Houston%20developer%20Hanover%20Co,%2C%20respectively%2C%20of%20retail%20space.| access-date=29 October 2020| newspaper=San Jose Mercury News| date=14 April 2016}}</ref> in 1939 <ref name="A Love Letter to L.A.’s Eternally Charming Diners and Coffee Shops">{{cite news |url=https://www.lamag.com/mag-features/vintage-diners/ |title=A Love Letter to L.A.’s Eternally Charming Diners and Coffee Shops |website=[[Los Angeles magazine]] |date=November 21, 2017 |first=Patric |last=Kuh}}</ref> and graduated from [[Pennsylvania State University]]. In 2017 [[Los_Angeles_(magazine)]] food critic Patric Kuh called the longtime restaurant operator "Diner royalty" <ref name="A Love Letter to L.A.’s Eternally Charming Diners and Coffee Shops">{{cite news |url=https://www.lamag.com/mag-features/vintage-diners/ |title=A Love Letter to L.A.’s Eternally Charming Diners and Coffee Shops |website=[[Los Angeles magazine]] |date=November 21, 2017 |first=Patric |last=Kuh}}</ref>." <ref>{{cite news| title=NRA's Naylor speaks out on food industry issues| newspaper=Nation's Restaurant News| date=16 September 1996 }}</ref>. His father W.W. “Tiny” Naylor started Tiny’s Waffle Shops in Central California in the 1920s, and operated a chain of more than 40 [[Tiny Naylor’s]] and Biff’s restaurants in Southern California.<ref name="Du-par’s Bringing Famous West Coast Brand East">{{cite news |url=https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/du-pars-bringing-famous-west-coast-brand-east/ |title=Du-par’s Bringing Famous West Coast Brand East |magazine=[[Bethesda Beat]] |date=November 30, 2012 }}</ref> Biff Naylor took over operations of Tiny Naylor's after his father's death in 1959<ref>{{cite news |title==Tiny Naylor, Restaurant and Racing Figure Dies| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| location=Los Angeles| date=19 August 1959}}</ref> and was still operating at least one location in 1999<ref>{{cite web| title=‘I’ll Have the Blue-Plate Special’| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-oct-14-ca-22021-story.html/| website=Los Angeles Times| location=Los Angeles| date=14 October 1999}}</ref>. Naylor is the oldest of five brothers <ref>{{cite news| title=NRA's Naylor speaks out on food industry issues| newspaper=Nation's Restaurant News| date=16 September 1996 }}</ref> who ran American Restaurant Services, Inc. which operated Café River City in Sacramento, California, Tiny’s family restaurant in Capitola, California, and seven Cindy’s coffee shops in Northern California.<ref>{{cite web| last1=United States Congress| title=Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act: Hearings Before the Committee | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n3r0SK-yFRAC&pg=PA301&lpg=PA301&dq=%22Biff+naylor%22+california+restaurant+association&source=bl&ots=1S_XYvyN1L&sig=ACfU3U20vT1CADOw7cgsxU4lN1qwyTnFAA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwic2o2Y-tfsAhXUJjQIHVKzC1g4ChDoATAIegQICRAC#v=onepage&q=%22Biff%20naylor%22%20california%20restaurant%20association&f=false| website=via Google Books| location=Washington, D.C.| date=1 May 1989}}</ref> He became chief executive of the Hershel's Delicatessen chain, created by [[Denny's]] founder Harold Butler, in 1987. <ref>{{cite news| title=Collins to buy Hershel's under Chapter 11 plan| newspaper=Nation's Restaurant News| date=20 July 1987 }}</ref> |
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Naylor joined the board of the [[California Restaurant Association]] in 1983<ref>{{cite news| title=NRA's Naylor speaks out on food industry issues| newspaper=Nation's Restaurant News| date=16 September 1996 }}</ref> and is former chairman of the [[National Restaurant Association]]<ref>{{cite news| title=Cain’s experience as restaurant group chief mirrors some of his campaign’s problems| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cains-experience-as-restaurant-group-chief-mirrors-some-of-his-campaigns-problems/2011/11/03/gIQAxsQvjM_story.html| access-date=28 October 2020| newspaper=The Washington Post| date=3 November 2011}}</ref> Naylor hired Godfather's Pizza president [[Herman Cain]] as president of the National Restaurant Association in 1996<ref>{{cite web| title=Cain: I Was 'Falsely Accused'| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204394804577010290848096330/| website=Wall Street Journal| location=New York| date=1 November 2011}}</ref> |
Naylor joined the board of the [[California Restaurant Association]] in 1983<ref>{{cite news| title=NRA's Naylor speaks out on food industry issues| newspaper=Nation's Restaurant News| date=16 September 1996 }}</ref> and is former chairman of the [[National Restaurant Association]]<ref>{{cite news| title=Cain’s experience as restaurant group chief mirrors some of his campaign’s problems| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cains-experience-as-restaurant-group-chief-mirrors-some-of-his-campaigns-problems/2011/11/03/gIQAxsQvjM_story.html| access-date=28 October 2020| newspaper=The Washington Post| date=3 November 2011}}</ref>. Naylor hired Godfather's Pizza president [[Herman Cain]] as president of the National Restaurant Association in 1996<ref>{{cite web| title=Cain: I Was 'Falsely Accused'| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204394804577010290848096330/| website=Wall Street Journal| location=New York| date=1 November 2011}}</ref> |
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In 2004 Naylor came out of retirement to purchase the [[Du-Par’s]] restaurant chain. He sold it in 2018.<ref name="Some of L.A.’s Most Beloved Institutions Are Threatened with Extinction">{{cite news |url=https://www.lamag.com/mag-features/small-business-vanishing/ |title=Some of L.A.’s Most Beloved Institutions Are Threatened with Extinction |website=[[Los Angeles magazine]] |date=July 27, 2020 |first=Chris |last=Nichols}}</ref> |
In 2004 Naylor came out of retirement to purchase the [[Du-Par’s]] restaurant chain. He brought in daughter Jennifer Naylor, who had formerly worked with chef Wolfgang Puck, to revamp the menu<ref>{{cite news| title=NRA's Naylor speaks out on food industry issues| newspaper=Nation's Restaurant News| date=8 November 2004 }}</ref>. He sold it in 2018.<ref name="Some of L.A.’s Most Beloved Institutions Are Threatened with Extinction">{{cite news |url=https://www.lamag.com/mag-features/small-business-vanishing/ |title=Some of L.A.’s Most Beloved Institutions Are Threatened with Extinction |website=[[Los Angeles magazine]] |date=July 27, 2020 |first=Chris |last=Nichols}}</ref> |
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W.W. “Biff” Naylor is a retired restaurant owner in Los Angeles, California. He was born in Oakland, California[1] in 1939 [2] and graduated from Pennsylvania State University. In 2017 Los_Angeles_(magazine) food critic Patric Kuh called the longtime restaurant operator "Diner royalty" [2]." [3]. His father W.W. “Tiny” Naylor started Tiny’s Waffle Shops in Central California in the 1920s, and operated a chain of more than 40 Tiny Naylor’s and Biff’s restaurants in Southern California.[4] Biff Naylor took over operations of Tiny Naylor's after his father's death in 1959[5] and was still operating at least one location in 1999[6]. Naylor is the oldest of five brothers [7] who ran American Restaurant Services, Inc. which operated Café River City in Sacramento, California, Tiny’s family restaurant in Capitola, California, and seven Cindy’s coffee shops in Northern California.[8] He became chief executive of the Hershel's Delicatessen chain, created by Denny's founder Harold Butler, in 1987. [9]
Naylor joined the board of the California Restaurant Association in 1983[10] and is former chairman of the National Restaurant Association[11]. Naylor hired Godfather's Pizza president Herman Cain as president of the National Restaurant Association in 1996[12]
In 2004 Naylor came out of retirement to purchase the Du-Par’s restaurant chain. He brought in daughter Jennifer Naylor, who had formerly worked with chef Wolfgang Puck, to revamp the menu[13]. He sold it in 2018.[14]
References
- ^ "Oakland: Biff's to be torn down, replaced by 'hipster hive' of 255 condo units". San Jose Mercury News. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ a b Kuh, Patric (November 21, 2017). "A Love Letter to L.A.'s Eternally Charming Diners and Coffee Shops". Los Angeles magazine.
- ^ "NRA's Naylor speaks out on food industry issues". Nation's Restaurant News. 16 September 1996.
- ^ "Du-par's Bringing Famous West Coast Brand East". Bethesda Beat. November 30, 2012.
- ^ "=Tiny Naylor, Restaurant and Racing Figure Dies". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. 19 August 1959.
- ^ "'I'll Have the Blue-Plate Special'". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. 14 October 1999.
- ^ "NRA's Naylor speaks out on food industry issues". Nation's Restaurant News. 16 September 1996.
- ^ United States Congress (1 May 1989). "Basic Health Benefits for All Americans Act: Hearings Before the Committee". via Google Books. Washington, D.C.
- ^ "Collins to buy Hershel's under Chapter 11 plan". Nation's Restaurant News. 20 July 1987.
- ^ "NRA's Naylor speaks out on food industry issues". Nation's Restaurant News. 16 September 1996.
- ^ "Cain's experience as restaurant group chief mirrors some of his campaign's problems". The Washington Post. 3 November 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Cain: I Was 'Falsely Accused'". Wall Street Journal. New York. 1 November 2011.
- ^ "NRA's Naylor speaks out on food industry issues". Nation's Restaurant News. 8 November 2004.
- ^ Nichols, Chris (July 27, 2020). "Some of L.A.'s Most Beloved Institutions Are Threatened with Extinction". Los Angeles magazine.