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The pub recently threw a 25th anniversary party featuring live music, barbecue, face painting, prizes and cheap Phillips drafts.
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The restaurant was called the Hungarian Villager before the current owner, Keith Campbell, bought the location and opened it at 1550B次元官网网址檚 in 1994.
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The old owners still come in to eat and chat with Campbell.
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He helps with local schools, contributes to charities and supports his fellow local businesses.
She feels that the consistency and the kindness are why the restaurant has been able to continue to build business and why the regulars keeps coming back.
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1550B次元官网网址檚 draws in crowds of all ages and backgrounds for all sorts of events B次元官网网址� folks from the local retirement home stop in for fish and chips, families come in for the specials, regulars come for B次元官网网址渢he usualB次元官网网址�, starving university students stop by for a warm meal and professionals drop in for a quick lunch, she said.
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The next 25 years will be about growth and continuing to have fun, she said.
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