by AArdvark » Wed Mar 11, 2009 6:47 pm
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To the best of my knowledge. (Which means that I haven't had the time to really research, but did look into these)
1] He was between 40 and 50 and weighed in between 250 and 300 lbs.
2] He was Nick's nephew. I wouldn't consider the proceeds from Tahou's a fortune, but I bet he was able to buy a new car.
3] The name Tahou and the menu item name 'Garbage Plate' are both copyrighted. He bought the franchise (recipes and trade names) but not the Tahou name. The original sign out front read "Stevie T's Hots and Potatoes Owned and operated by Steve Tahou and family" that lasted about a week before the lawyers made him remove the name Tahou. Like Walter S. Taylor of Bully Hill winery fame, he cannot use his own name for trade. I don't know if Nick's wife refused to sell him the name or he just didn't think he needed to buy it, either way I guess it can't appear on a permanent sign on the premises. I think it's on a hand lettered sign in the window last time I stopped in.
4] The one downtown is still open but I haven't been there in YEARS. I am strictly a Lyell Ave. customer as it's only 10 minutes from my house. Last time we went downtown they had a city cop between the doors, keeping the peace. My friend (drunk) got into an argument with another patron (also drunk) and the cop broke it up. My friend told the cop, "This ain't your business, chink!" (the officer was of Oriental descent)
He spent the next 24 hours in the drunk tank. I walked home.
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AARDVARK
Answers
To the best of my knowledge. (Which means that I haven't had the time to really research, but did look into these)
1] He was between 40 and 50 and weighed in between 250 and 300 lbs.
2] He was Nick's nephew. I wouldn't consider the proceeds from Tahou's a fortune, but I bet he was able to buy a new car.
3] The name Tahou and the menu item name 'Garbage Plate' are both copyrighted. He bought the franchise (recipes and trade names) but not the Tahou name. The original sign out front read "Stevie T's Hots and Potatoes Owned and operated by Steve Tahou and family" that lasted about a week before the lawyers made him remove the name Tahou. Like Walter S. Taylor of Bully Hill winery fame, he cannot use his own name for trade. I don't know if Nick's wife refused to sell him the name or he just didn't think he needed to buy it, either way I guess it can't appear on a permanent sign on the premises. I think it's on a hand lettered sign in the window last time I stopped in.
4] The one downtown is still open but I haven't been there in YEARS. I am strictly a Lyell Ave. customer as it's only 10 minutes from my house. Last time we went downtown they had a city cop between the doors, keeping the peace. My friend (drunk) got into an argument with another patron (also drunk) and the cop broke it up. My friend told the cop, "This ain't your business, chink!" (the officer was of Oriental descent)
He spent the next 24 hours in the drunk tank. I walked home.
THE
SOME PEOPLE
AARDVARK