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Location and Background Information
Located in Westwood Village near UCLA on 927 Galey Ave. It is a small quick serve restaurant famous for its assortment of sandwiches and burgers. The restaurant has small number of bar stools next to Trex panels to eat on and has sports channels playing on large flat screen TVs for patrons to watch along with pop and rap music to listen to. Since the restaurant is located on a busy street in a dense urban area, parking is scarce and expensive. However, locals know one can solve this problem by parking at the Broxton parking structure across from the Barney's Beanery and often for free or at low cost when visiting Westwood Village. The concept of the restaurant was created by a group of friends from New York. The deli is popular among UCLA students and is usually the busiest around "last call" at the local bars.

Fat Sandwiches
One of the most distinctive reasons to eat at Fat Sal's is their Fat Sandwiches which are large sandwiches stuffed with many condiments and meats. Popular entrees include the Fat Texas BBQ which is a sandwich which has pastrami, fries, mozzarella sticks, honey BBQ sauce and mayo and the Fat Jerry which is among other Fat Sandwiches.

Big Fat Fattie Challege
The Big Fat Fattie Challenge is to eat a very large sandwich filled with many hot dogs, fries, sauces and many other ingredients within 40 minutes to not only not pay the large fee, but also to create and name your own Fat Sandwich which will be served by the restaurant. The challenge defeated many worthy eaters for years and the prize of creating one's own Fat Sandwich remained elusive.

Big Fat Fattie Defeated
On October 3rd, 2012, a man named Jamie, an engineer who moonlights as a professional eater, completed the challenge with about 5 minutes to spare. [https://www.facebook.com/FatSalsDeli?fref=ts Fat Sal's Facebook includes pictures of this remarkable feat. ] A feat of man's ability to wolf down an absurd amount of greasy but delicious food. He finished with a small crowd of onlookers cheering which included UCLA students, the author and owner Sal who watched Jamie devour the sandwich. After this event he participated again in a Pros vs. Joes style competition with him pitted against a team of 3 "Joes" in January 2013. He also created the Fat Jamie which will be introduced in 2013 for patrons to indulge in his victory themselves.