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Sambetti's closes following death of longtime owner

Sambetti's closes following death of longtime owner
AND THOSE HERE DEFINITE KNOW, AND NOW MISS, PAUL. >> GOOD MORNING SAMBETTI’S. HANNAH: FOR 11:30 ON A MONDAY MORNING, THE SAMBETTI’S LUNCH CROWD WAS STRONG, FULL OF REAL FAMILY, AND BAR FAMILY. EVERYONE WORKING SO HARD. YOU COULD HARDLY NOTICE, THEY’RE GRIEVING. >> A SHARP HIT TO THE GUT. >> DEVASTATION, DEVASTATION. STILL, STILL STILL LOST. HANNAH: SAMBETTI’S OWNERS, PA STROME, UNEXPECTEDLY DIED LAST WEEK AT THE AGE OF 64. CREATING A METAPHORICAL HOLE AT THE BAR. >> MISSING HIM SITTING RIGHT HERE. THAT’S THE BIG THING. >> JUST KEEP LOOKING TO SEE HE’S GOING TO WALK THROUGH THAT DOOR ANY TIME NOW AND EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE BACK TO NORMAL HANNAH: THE RESTAURANT HAS BEEN IN THE FAMILY FOR 40 YEARS, STARTING WITH ITS LOCATION ON 6TH AVENUE. STROME TOOK IT OVER FROM HIS PARENTS IN 1985, MOVING IT TO ITS CURRENT LOCATION ON 2ND AVENUE, A FEW YEARS LATE >> YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE STALWARTS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOREVER, SAMBETTI’S FITS RIGHT INTO THE CATEGORY. HANNAH NOW, PAIRED WITH WORRY WHAT’S NEXT FOR SAMBETTI’S? >> I HOPE AND PRAY WE CAN KEEP IT GOING. HANNAH: STROME’S FRIENDS, SAY HE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR THEM, THEY ARE HOPING TO DO THIS LAS THING FOR HIM. THEY’VE SET UP A GOFUNDME, TO KEEP THE RESTAURANT RUNNING DURING THIS TRANSITION TIME. >> THAT’S OUR PLAN. OUR PLAN IS TO KEEP THIS THING MOVING FORWARD AND NOT STOP. >> OUR GOAL IS TO TRY AND KEEP SAMBETTI’S OPEN AS LONG AS WE CAN AND KEEP THE GOOD BUSINESS THAT HE HAD BUILT UP GOING AS FAR AS WE CAN INTO THE FUTURE. HANNAH: BUT OF COURSE, THEY SAY THERE’S THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY TO SHOW SOME LOVE, TOO. >> COME IN HAVE A SANDWICH, COME IN AND HAVE A SAUSAGE SANDWICH. HAVE A PIZ
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Sambetti's closes following death of longtime owner
A historic northside Des Moines restaurant closed this weekend following the death of its longtime owner. Sambetti’s posted on its Facebook page Saturday that owner Paul Strome, who died in March of a massive heart attack, was “the face, the brain and the heart of Sambetti’s. Without Paul, daily operations of the restaurant have proven difficult.” The restaurant has been in the family for 40 years, starting with its location on Sixth Avenue in Des Moines. Strome took ownership of the restaurant in 1985 and moved it to the most recent location on Second Avenue a few years later.

A historic northside Des Moines restaurant closed this weekend following the death of its longtime owner.

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Sambetti’s posted on its Facebook page Saturday that owner Paul Strome, who died in March of a massive heart attack, was “the face, the brain and the heart of Sambetti’s. Without Paul, daily operations of the restaurant have proven difficult.”

The restaurant has been in the family for 40 years, starting with its location on Sixth Avenue in Des Moines. Strome took ownership of the restaurant in 1985 and moved it to the most recent location on Second Avenue a few years later.

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