Kemoll’s, one of the oldest family-owned restaurants in St. Louis, became a Lost Table this past New Year’s Eve. Owner Mark Cusumano made that decision.

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Adalaide Balaban left her restaurant and the Central West End over 30 years ago. But from her home in Silsbee, Texas, the memories came flooding back.

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John Clark opened a bar near St. Louis University right out of college. This spawned a restaurant career that would lead to Lucius Boomer, Clamorgan, Jake's Steaks and more.

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Bob and Barbara Suberi opened Bobby's Creole in University City in 1977. Two years later, they moved across the street, and six years after that, they closed their restaurant and went sailing.

In 1997, the Suberis resurrected their restaurant as Bobby’s in Maplewood. It thrived until 2003, when they closed up shop and bought a blueberry farm in Alabama.

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Mary Rose Del Pietro grew up in the restaurant business. Her parents, Roy and Nina Russo, opened Rossino’s in 1954. Mary Rose and her husband, Mike, opened their own restaurant, Del Pietro’s, in 1976. I talked with Mary Rose, the 81-year-old matriarch of the Del Pietro family, this past July.

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Chris LaRocca opened his Crushed Red concept in 2012. The road to that opening started at his father’s restaurant, when he was 9 years old, with stops at Crazy Fish and a host of other Lost Tables along the way.

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Paul Manno’s restaurant has been an institution in St. Louis County for almost 30 years. But Paul’s story begins long before he opened his restaurant in 1995.

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Along with his brother, Vince, he gave us Tony’s. He originated The Fatted Calf. He opened Anthony’s, one of the most elegant restaurants St. Louis has ever seen.

For the first time, 91-year-old Tony Bommarito tells his story – uninterrupted.

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