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FRANKLIN - It only took 15 minutes and a few cups of coffee to turn two general contractors into owners of a '50s-style, family-friendly ice cream shop near Franklin.
And 15 minutes turned into five years for Franklin's staple, Moe Fatz, One Cool Cone.
Husband and wife, Paulette and Jeffrey Kirby, said Moe Fatz was created in 2007 from a dusty old former gas station a few miles outside of Franklin. The building had been vacant for more than 20 years.
"Everyone in town said nothing works out there," Jeffrey Kirby recalled. "The funniest thing is when we were remodeling it - and me and my wife did all the work outside and inside - people would drive by and stop and say 'what are you doing?' We never told anyone what it would be and never put a coming soon sign. We just opened it when it was ready to go as Moe Fatz."
Lastly, the Kirbys installed the neon Moe Fatz sign, depicting the...