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Mark Chiattello remembers when his father, Guy, started A.J.Pickerman's. Even though the restaurant chain closed fiveyears later, in 1980, a victim of the decade's slumpingeconomy, Guy never gave up on the idea.
Twenty years later, when the younger Chiattello was thinkingabout starting a business of his own, Guy suggested resurrecting A.J. Pickerman's. So that's just what he did back in '96.But Chiattello wasn't interested in simply restarting hisfather's company; he wanted to make a few alterations,including changing the restaurant's name to Pickerman'sSoup & Sandwich Shop.
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