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Originally Posted by TiltonBB
In the 80's Frank Giuffrida, the owner of the Hilltop Steak House purchased the building next door to the restaurant that had been occupied by Pandy Pontiac. He made that into a grocery store that also sold meat. At that time the restaurant was grossing about $42 million per year and the grocery/meat store was grossing about $41 million per year. Many years after that he closed the separate store and incorporated it into the back of the restaurant building.
At that time Frank lived in a large house on Main street in Lynnfield and his wife occasionally had a little trouble backing the Mercedes out of the garage. So, Frank had a turntable installed in the garage. His wife could drive in and push the button and her car would turn 180 degrees and be headed out.
Who said money can't buy happiness?
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I know very little of Frank on a personal basis, but you really gotta admire these guys who thought big, created an icon, and then lived large on their own terms. I'd put the soon to retire Kowloon family, right across the street, into the same club