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Who Feeds the Farmer?: Grab onto Handlebar in Great Bend

By Terry Anderson, Midwest Producer News Editor
Jul 24, 2014
Jul 24, 2014

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Tim Fabricius was an oil field worker around Great Bend, Kan., but wanted out, wanted to do something else. A burger and bar joint would do, so he opened Handlebar and Grill.

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