"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:04:36 -0700, "Dimitri" >
> wrote:
>
>> Originally the waiters/cooks & staff owned the place. When the original
>> owner died he left the place to the staff. In later years the owners
>> voted
>> to sell the place to our ex-beloved-mayor-Richard Riordan.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Riordan
>>
>> Nothing is the same as we remember it
>
> So, you're saying it's all ex-mayor Riordan's fault? Good thing I've
> never heard of the place or I'd be sad too.

If's not saying it's his fault but there is a big difference dealing with an
employee & an owner that has a vested interest in success.

My first trip to the Pantry was about 55 years ago as my father worked in
downtown LA. From then on in The Pantry has been a personal tradition. It
was a wonderful place to take non-Angelino's just like Tommy's, or Fairfax
district or or or or or or..... The same with NYC we all have places we
like to share.

Dimitri