Gross has owned Fat Jack's since 1992; he franchised the restaurants for a time but said he gradually shut them down, not happy with franchisees who he said didn't operate up to his standards.
He's been in the storefront at the south end of the Black Horse Pike for about two years, with a small but welcoming storefront in a shopping center that also includes a Dollar General, a car wash, a CVS and other small businesses like a check-cashing outlet, a gym and a pizza place.
With the restaurant still closed to indoor dining, the family is renovating an old Pizza Hut building on the Black Horse Pike in Turnersville, which has far more space to host customers.