Tombstone's Naked Chef
True West|September 2021
Isaac “Little Jakey” Jacobs raced his way into history.
SHERRY MONAHAN
Tombstone's Naked Chef

Tombstone, Arizona, is known for many things, but I’d bet you’ve never heard of its naked chef ! Oh, yes, Isaac “Little Jakey” Jacobs was quite a character, so it’s fitting he lived in a town that was full of them. Jacobs was a 27-year-old Russian whose catering skills were well-known, and in 1880, he ran a lunch counter at the Oriental Saloon where he served fresh fish, oysters, lobster, crab and shrimp from San Francisco.

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