Article: Legal Sea Foods claims the wine high road: motto of the cheers 2004 chain wine award winner.

Not many contemporary chain restaurants can trace their history back to groceries and green stamps. But Legal Sea Foods, the 28-unit East Coast operation originated in a grocery store that helped pioneer savings stamps. Harry Berkowitz, grandfather of the current head honcho, opened the Legal Cash Market in Boston in 1904. "Legal" referred not to the relative shadiness of the operations, but to the savings stamps issued with each purchase. Stamps were pasted into booklets or folders and redeemed for merchandise.

"It's not the typical chain," David Alphonse, director of beverage operations, understates. "It is still family-owned and completely independent." That ...

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