--- title: Joey Fatone Opens 'Fat One's' Hot Dog Stand at Florida Mall description: Former 'N Sync member Joey Fatone is opening a hot dog stand at the Florida Mall in Orlando called Fat One's canonical: https://time.com/4385713/joey-fatone-hot-dog-stand-florida-fat-ones/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-28T17:27:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:52.175Z og:title: Joey Fatone Is Opening a Hot Dog Stand in Florida og:description: It's aptly named "Fat One's" og:url: https://time.com/4385713/joey-fatone-hot-dog-stand-florida-fat-ones/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff81097e88302799/698899c8e20a873ddda9168f/joey-fatone-hot-dog-stand-florida.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Derek Jeter Celebrity Invitational Kickoff og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Joey Fatone Is Opening a Hot Dog Stand in Florida twitter:description: It's aptly named "Fat One's" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff81097e88302799/698899c8e20a873ddda9168f/joey-fatone-hot-dog-stand-florida.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Joey Fatone Is Opening a Hot Dog Stand in Florida by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 28, 2016 5:27 PM UTC  Singer Joey Fatone arrives at the Liquid Pool Lounge for the kickoff of Derek Jeter's celebrity invitational at the Aria Resort & Casino on April 20, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Singer Joey Fatone arrives at the Liquid Pool Lounge for the kickoff of Derek Jeter's celebrity invitational at the Aria Resort & Casino on April 20, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 28, 2016 5:27 PM UTC Former [‘N Sync member](http://time.com/4229726/nsync-joey-fatone-chris-kirkpatrick-reunion-recording-studio/) Joey Fatone is opening a hot dog stand at a mall in Florida. Fatone’s hot dog stand — aptly named Fat One’s — will launch in Orlando’s Florida Mall starting in August, according to the [Orlando _Sentinel_](http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/consumer/os-joey-fatone-hot-dog-stand-20160627-story.html). “After years of working on television food shows, I’m excited to open this new venture which is a combination of who I am, where I’m from and where I’ve been,” Fatone said in a statement. The former pop star regularly appears on the Food Network (and has shimmied on _Dancing With the Stars)._ Fatone, who spent his teenage years in the [Orlando](http://time.com/4382863/orlando-plans-memorial-for-pulse-mass-shooting-victims/) area, looks forward to bringing his hot dogs back to his roots. The Florida Mall holds a special place in Fatone’s heart: “Launching Fat One’s at The Florida Mall, where I roamed as a middle school kid, felt like a perfect fit for our first location.” > [](https://twitter.com/realjoeyfatone/status/747491022439997440) Potential hot dog flavors include witty names such as “the Gone Hollywood” and “the Boybander.” Fatone did not say what ingredients would top the dogs. Fatone, who was mocked as “the fat one” during his ‘N Sync years got support from at least one former bandmate, Lance Bass: > [](https://twitter.com/LanceBass/status/747590845159870468) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4385713/joey-fatone-hot-dog-stand-florida-fat-ones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4385713/joey-fatone-hot-dog-stand-florida-fat-ones/"},"headline":"Joey Fatone Is Opening a Hot Dog Stand in Florida","datePublished":"2016-06-28T17:27:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:52.175Z","description":"It ain't no lie","url":"https://time.com/4385713/joey-fatone-hot-dog-stand-florida-fat-ones/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff81097e88302799/698899c8e20a873ddda9168f/joey-fatone-hot-dog-stand-florida.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff81097e88302799/698899c8e20a873ddda9168f/joey-fatone-hot-dog-stand-florida.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Derek Jeter Celebrity Invitational Kickoff","caption":"Singer Joey Fatone arrives at the Liquid Pool Lounge for the kickoff of Derek Jeter's celebrity invitational at the Aria Resort & Casino on April 20, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.","creditText":"Gabe Ginsberg/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4385713/joey-fatone-hot-dog-stand-florida-fat-ones/","name":"Joey Fatone Is Opening a Hot Dog Stand in Florida"}}]}] ```