At this point in his anecdote, the old proprietor's eyes became glazed with sentimental pleasure.
The scene in which he bullies and threatens the gentle old proprietor of a local gas station is scalp-pricklingly disturbing.
Although Purple Sage is a mere decade old, proprietor Travis Axtell is a Park City native and a second-generation restaurateur, embodying the heritage of this special place.
When Daniel and Brenna Lewis, the 27-year-old proprietors of the custom haberdasher Brooklyn Tailors, were searching for a space to open their first retail shop, they considered Fort Greene and Carroll Gardens.
"My uncle worked 45 years for Calumet & Hecla," said Tony Bausano, the shop's 52-year-old proprietor.
Ms. Wood, the 32-year-old proprietor of the Mission District shop Her Majesty's Secret Beekeeper, cares for 15 hives in "borrowed spaces" around San Francisco.
Standing on the sidewalk, Paul J. Q . Lee the stocky 53-year-old proprietor of the shuttered business, peers inside through a tiny slit and shakes his head.
What does King Lear have to do with Mr. Magorium (Dustin Hoffman), the 243-year-old proprietor of a magic toy store that opened its doors 114 years ago?
"I'm probably going to do Bradley or McCain," said Patrick K. Hanigan, a 34-year-old proprietor of a local grocery store.
