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Article: THE BUTCHER'S LIFE `IN THE MEAT BUSINESS, YOU NEVER GET RICH, BUT YOU NEVER GO HUNGRY. AND THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO.' FAMILY SHOP KEEPS TRADITION ALIVE.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- September 30, 2006
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Byline: BRENT HOPKINS Staff Writer
FAIRFAX DISTRICT -- As soon as he was old enough to hold a knife, Dave DeRosa wanted to be a butcher, just like his old man.
After he'd seen the world a bit, Louis DeRosa wanted to be a butcher, just like his old man.
And as he grew up and watched them lug boxes, slice steaks, grind meat, Cody DeRosa wanted to be a butcher, just like his old man.
When Dave, now 79, started at Marconda's Meats in 1944, none of this would have been out of the ordinary at all. Kids followed their fathers into the family business and every neighborhood had a butcher shop that sold hand-cut meat. People bought fresh each day and got to know their ...