Back in 1967, Stella Cordova was working as a cook at Chubby Burger Drive-In at 1231 West 38th Avenue when its owner, Bill Gray, asked if she wanted to buy the place. Even though she had a big family and little money, she took him up on his offer, paying on the installment plan.
Today, more than forty years later, this Chubby's is still going strong -- and so is Cordova, who turns 100 today. She still goes to the restaurant almost every day, to make sure all the Mexican dishes she added to the
