page_title: Farmer Boys
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Farmer Boys / History
caption_attribution_description: Farmer Boys restaurant, 726 S. Alameda, Los Angeles, California
context_page_description: Farmer Boys is a quick service restaurant chain based primarily in California, with headquarters in Riverside, California.
context_section_description: Farmer Boys was founded by the Havadjias brothers in 1981. The Havadjias family were immigrants from Cyprus. The brothers originally owned Astro Burgers in Torrance, California in 1979 and Theodore's Restaurant in Hollywood, California in 1981 prior to owning McCoy's Restaurant in Perris, California. McCoy's Restaurant became the first Farmer Boys restaurant following the name change in August 1981. About 16 years later, Farmer Boys had grown to eight restaurants. A year later, Farmer Boys was granted franchise status and later in the year, a Farmer Boys restaurant opened in Temecula, California.
  To date, there are over 90 Farmer Boys restaurants in California and Nevada. Today, thanks to an ever-expanding franchise operation, the Farmer Boys family continues to grow.
  In February 2020, Farmer Boys changes its name to "Farmer Girls" throughout March to celebrate Women’s History Month and International Women's Day, also giving their popular Bacon Boy burger a new name: “Bacon Girl.” The name change was also to honor the chain's 1,600 plus female staff members who help run the business.
caption: Farmer Boys restaurant in Los Angeles
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