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December 9, 2004 by Dane Carlson | 1 Comment

The Kent State Burr:

It was a “drunken lark” in 1990 that set Bob Tanner of Cortland on an 11-year journey. Bob and his friend Jeff Stosik, a New York City hot dog vendor, were doing the bar scene in downtown Kent when they decided to get some post-drinking sustenance. The two stumbled over to an alley where a man was selling gyros for two bucks. They each bought one and began chowing down as they meandered up Franklin Avenue.

“These are horrible!” Bob told Jeff, and they tossed the barely eaten gyros in a garbage can outside the Loft.

Jeff suggested Bob fix the problem by starting his own gyro stand.

Within a month, Bob went to a New Jersey vending-cart manufacturer, sat down at a computer and designed a cart. It was built in a week. Bob got a health permit and peddlers’ license and set up shop in front of Thompson’s Drug Store, on the corner of Main and Water streets.

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