Saturday’s Small Business day was particularly significant to Old Venice owner Julie Hantzardes, who opened the restaurant with her husband Jimmy in 1984. Saturday was the 10th anniversary of the 2006 fire that destroyed Old Venice and neighboring business on the 1000 block of Manhattan Avenue. In 2008, while work to rebuild the restaurant was underway Jimmy died in a bike accident. Despite the tragedy, Julie reopened the restaurant the following year, “exactly as Jimmy planned it,” Julie told the council members during Saturday’s tour. ER
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