In a little under two years, restaurateur Fred Akbarpour had launched a series of halal burger eateries bearing his name — Fred’s Burger — putting the concept on a rapid path of growth.
Earlier this month, he opened his fifth location of Fred’s Burger in Concord. The other locations are in San Jose, Sacramento, Fairfield and Rocklin.
A former Fremont resident who now lives in Elk Grove, Akbarpour has a long history in the restaurant business, owning pizza, chicken and Mediterranean-inspired restaurants around the Bay Area and Sacramento before developing and launching the concept behind Fred’s Burger.
“I never could find good burgers, so I decided to create my own,” he says.
It’s a small, family-owned business that makes everything in-house, including the patties and sauces, he says. The menu’s simple and straightforward: It includes regular and double hamburgers and cheeseburgers, chicken sandwiches and tenders, veggie burgers, shakes, sodas and fries — which come plain or topped with cheese or the restaurant’s eponymous Fred’s sauce.
Details: Open from 10:45 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily at 2018 Salvio St., Concord; fredsburger.com. Visit during their happy hours between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. on weekdays for a 20% discount.
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