Esfandiary, Ali 2020-02-08
This 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.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Ali Esfandiary
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: February 8, 2020
Location: Albany, TX
Interviewer: Tai Kreidler
Length: 01:29:35 (1 hour 29 minutes)
Abstract
Introduction and background information; going to college in America; Working at a restaurant and his impressions of San Jose; How Ali met his wife; Emotional story of helping a man get clean; his family’s life in Iran; how his mother was impacted by World War II; Giving people respect; What Ali misses about Iran; His dad’s decision to live in America; Chicken fried steak
Access Information
Original Recording Format: born digital
Recording Format Notes: patrons may listen to a CD copy in our reading room
Transcript: transcript available on dspace <https://hdl.handle.net/10605/363062 >
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