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Article: WILLIE AT THE PLATE
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- May 20, 1994
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NANCY J. KIM, Staff Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
05-20-1994
WILLIE AT THE PLATE -- MAYS ABOUT TO OPEN SIT-DOWN RESTAURANT
By NANCY J. KIM, Staff Writer
Date: 05-20-1994, Friday
Section: BUSINESS
Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star Late, 1 Star Early
An athlete's name will get you on the board, but it won't guarantee
a grand slam. So goes the consensus in the restaurant industry.
Baseball great Willie Mays has done what many athletes do after
leaving the fields of praise: He has entered the restaurant game, a
pursuit arguably more competitive than baseball.
With his name already tagged to two food-court shops in Menlo Park
and Wayne, Mays now hopes to stand ...