The Mercury News: A Silicon Valley engineer’s go-to lunch spot closed. So he bought the place.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2025

During John Vink’s Apple and Google years, this pit-smoked chicken in Sunnyvale was a constant

Empire Armadillo BBQ & Deli owner John Vink stands beside a display case featuring iPhones at the former Armadillo BBQ & Deli in Sunnyvale, now Empire Armadillo. Vink, a longtime Apple engineer who had been a customer for 26 years bought the restaurant. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)

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