Article: Their motto: Grow or die ; Lyons Group expands its food-and-fun empire

DEDHAM - Sampling the menu recently at his newest venture, Patrick Lyons called the chefs out of the kitchen to tell them the wings were too wet, the potstickers were too dry, and the mound of slaw with the cheeseburger spring rolls was too big.

Attention to detail has served Lyons well in his three decades in the nightlife and restaurant businesses, during which time he has dreamed up a stream of diverse concepts, from Kings bowling alleys to the Axis/Avalon club complex to the Newbury Street celebrity haunt Sonsie.

All told, he is involved in 26 venues, and despite a recession that has others scaling back, Lyons Group opened a pub on Lansdowne Street in the spring and a Kings bowling ...

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