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RE M E M B E R I NG 0 L D AL L ST 0 N- 8 R I GH T 0 N \~· . :~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--=-~~~~~~~-\~V-+----':-~c=-~~~~~ ' .... ' Mandy and Joe's owner looks back ..... I I Family-founded restaurant still family run · .., I I ~ 1 By Unda Mishkin would go to the supermarket rura j CORRESPONDENT . I place your order, then you would j Linda Mishkin interviewed go to your deli to get your cot~ !Richard Marino, current owner cuts. It was unheard of to get deli : ofMandy and Joe s Restaurant in foods . at the supermarket. A&P ;Brighton Center; on Dec. 29, started . selling deli and ~.n ;2008. everyone followed - Stop :&: Shop and Star Market. That ~ : Linda Mishkin: I know that the out the independent delis. It was­ ;original owners were Joseph and n't profitable anymore. With deli •Armand Marino, your father and in the supermarkets, it was oge­ :uncle . Which one is your father? ha~ I stop shopping. Now they I banks in there. i : Richard Marino: Joe is my fa­ :ther; Mandy is my uncle. LM: When did you get rid of I I your deli counter? '·· i LM: Tell us about how the !business began. RM: It was in the mid-to-laie- 1970s. I used to have a guy woft;­ : RM: They first ope.ned above ing full time at the deli counter'. It •the pool hall. It was nght where was a good job selling cold clitS. :Amanda 's Florist is now. That But after a while, it just wasn't :was the original place. They profitable. So it no longer ma& :opened up in June of 1948. sense. The supermarkets ate it up. I • I (Richards wife, Ingrid, entered : LM: Was the originaI name the conversation and both she : Mandy and Joe's? and Richard talked about hoW .I their kids now work at the restau­ i RM: No. It Wll$ called Brighton rant. It is still a family-owned arid lDelicatessen, nicknamed the operated business.) ' iBOghton.... Del. a . LM: After you took over the · -~ LM: How did they get into this business, did your father still par­ .:-WSmess? ticipate? · :.. RM: They both got out of the • PHOTO$ BY LINDA MI SHKIN RM: Oh yes. He was still bo~. :iervice. Mandy was 10 years Storefront - Mandy and Joe's But, it was go,od. We were fihe :meter than Joe. They had 4 1/2 with each other. There was a ~ot :years in the service. They worked of respect. He could not longer db · :Vmous jobs. My father used to some of the physical work, but he ~ll fruits and vegetables. They still did some of the paperworlt ~ to call him "Joe Bananas" Its really two jobs. Now I kno~ ~use he sold bananas; I think it because I am doing it. •. 'Was for Horrigan's food market d;lorrigan's used to be where.the LM: Do you have customei_ls 'CY'S is now. That is where Horri­ who stayed throughout the yecits 'fclll 's Market was. That goes way and all the changes? .h;\ck. My father worked there ~hen he got out of the service. RM: Oh sure. They are still "fhen he did construction. He did­ coming. Jl't like that I remember him say­ ., jpg to me and to my uncle, ''I LM: Looking at the menu, I~ -don't like this kind of work." that you focus on home-sty!~ :fben they both went to work for cooking. Jack and Marion's in Brookline. ~ey worked there a couple of RM: We're making a beef stt:w :: ;,ears and got to know the busi­ now. People ·have suggested th'l.l •ness. Then -they got the idea for we change the menu and remoq­ the business al)d came back to el. But, I say there is nothing,t9 :Srighton and started the business fix. People come in and they lijce .herein 1948. it here. I have old pictures on the wall. I have my antiques sitting ~ LM: So, they were cooks at around . .Jack and Marion's? LM: Are you an antique collt:O'- =RM: Right They learned the . tor? -· .nde and they liked it. I was :ilbout 14 years old at the time. Ingrid Marino Richard Marino RM: Yes. I have coins and '7heir first place had only six was Representative from went into a theater, there was as Jack Horrigan and his wife. piano is now, used to be a deli other things. stools and three or four booths. \ Brighton. He .was a real good nothing to.bu y. Mr. Horrigan recalled Richards counter. Mazzola Meat Market . That was it. It had a nice deli guy. He advised them to buy. He father working for his father. used to be across the street where LM: Over the years, what are :;!Punter. It was very quaint. It said it was much better to own LM: So people had to take their They sold the property in 1996.) Empirial Pizza and other stores the major changes you have seen ;was really nice. I remember that than rent. So, they took a shot refreshments into the theater. are now. It was a huge store. But in Brighton? .., :' . :they used to open at 5 in the and bought the building. Prior to LM: Were there any renova­ he cl~ up because of competi­ ~orning and ·they would stay that, this was the Puritan Candy RM: Right So people would tions done to this site when the tion with supermarkets. Market RM: People I grew up.with are l'<)pen until 11 at night. That is Shop. Next door was the Egypt­ go to the Puritan Candy Shop business moved here? Street used to be called "meat all gone. But, we know our C\JS­ :Jio.w they started. Then in 1962, ian Theater. Back in those days, first (&litorial note: At this mo­ street, USA." Then supermarkets tomers. We remember what the :;itrey bought this building. They they didn't' have concession ment, a man and woman stepped RM: Not much. These are the started having deli counters in­ regulars order. We know what :Q<>ught it from John Melia. He stands in theaters. When you up and Richard introduced him original counters. Where the side the store. Years before, you they want. That's good. • HISTORY HAPPENINGS ...... 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