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Hope,
you know -- you see the papers -- restaurants open and close, open - close,
open - close. And I know, from the research, that a restaurant is probably the
hardest type business to make successful.
HOPE:
That's right.
HATTIE: Why do you think this is working?
HOPE:
I think hard work. You just have to just keep working at it and try to make it.
HATTIE: (Voiceover) What two immigrants began more
than 60 years ago is now in its third generation as a family owned business.
Unidentified Woman: Where's Tyler?
HATTIE: Should we maybe have Hope and Mary sit
right here? Unidentified Man #2: Sure.
HATTIE: OK. Hope and Mary. (Voiceover) On the
patio we gathered as many of Hope's family members as we could. Hope has seven
children; they're all involved in the business. And plans are being made for
the fourth generation, Hope's 19 grandchildren. Well, is it always this hard to
get people together?
LANNY:
Oh, yes. No.
HATTIE: Where is everybody? LANNY: Working.
HATTIE: Everybody's... (Voiceover) Her sister,
Mary, is the cashier and her daughter-in-law, Jodi, runs catering.
LANNY:
I grew up in the restaurant business from the time I was born. I mean, bassinet
was in the kitchen. I mean, I didn't know really much of anything besides a
kitchen. I thought that that was, like, everybody's living room, dining room. I
mean, you know, I just always grew up in the kitchen and fell in love with it.
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