4merper4mer Posted November 11, 2020 Author Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) On 11/11/2020 at 12:45 AM, Taro T said: Ttbomk, no. 20th. No grilling. Expand Ttbomk is a weird nickname for Johnny but I'm glad I know it now. Hospitality. Does that mean hooker? Edited November 11, 2020 by 4merper4mer 1 Quote
Taro T Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 1:39 AM, 4merper4mer said: Ttbomk is a weird nickname for Johnny but I'm glad I know it now. Was she an actress? Expand No. Wife, mother, business owner, genius. Quote
4merper4mer Posted November 11, 2020 Author Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 1:42 AM, Taro T said: No. Wife, mother, business owner, genius. Expand Hospitality = hotels? Quote
Taro T Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 1:55 AM, 4merper4mer said: Hospitality = hotels? Expand It can. But not in this instance. Quote
4merper4mer Posted November 11, 2020 Author Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 1:58 AM, Taro T said: It can. But not in this instance. Expand Whorehouse? Quote
Taro T Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 1:59 AM, 4merper4mer said: Whorehouse? Expand Am certain there have been hookers in the establishment at times through the years, but they weren't sanctioned. Quote
qwksilver Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 In which decades was her business active? Quote
Taro T Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 2:07 AM, qwksilver said: In which decades was her business active? Expand The business began during the depression & still is going strong today. On 11/11/2020 at 2:08 AM, 4merper4mer said: Amusement park? Expand Nope. Closer to a Mecca. Quote
qwksilver Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 Was she the founder or did she buy this business? Quote
Taro T Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 2:19 AM, qwksilver said: Was she the founder or did she buy this business? Expand Cofounder. Quote
qwksilver Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 2:20 AM, Taro T said: Cofounder. Expand Is her cofounder also famous? Is it her husband? Quote
qwksilver Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 3:05 AM, Johnny Hammersticks said: Teresa Bellissimo Expand Great guess! Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) On 11/11/2020 at 3:05 AM, Johnny Hammersticks said: Teresa Bellissimo Expand That's gotta be her. "No grillin' " but deep frying! Edited November 11, 2020 by ExiledInIllinois 1 Quote
Johnny Hammersticks Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 3:09 AM, qwksilver said: Great guess! Expand On 11/11/2020 at 3:15 AM, ExiledInIllinois said: That's gotta be her. "No grillin' " but deep frying! Expand Italian, began during depression still going strong, co-founder, genius. Mecca was the clue that really made me think of Anchor Bar. Wife....mother. Gotta be her, right? 1 Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 3:24 AM, Johnny Hammersticks said: Italian, began during depression still going strong, co-founder, genius. Mecca was the clue that really made me think of Anchor Bar. Wife....mother. Gotta be her, right? Expand Yeah. Some people thought they were dying. Also... no grilling Quote
qwksilver Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 On 11/11/2020 at 3:24 AM, Johnny Hammersticks said: Italian, began during depression still going strong, co-founder, genius. Mecca was the clue that really made me think of Anchor Bar. Wife....mother. Gotta be her, right? Expand Mecca really threw me off...but it all fits. We'll never get this if it's not her. Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted November 11, 2020 Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) On 11/11/2020 at 3:27 AM, qwksilver said: Mecca really threw me off...but it all fits. We'll never get this if it's not her. Expand I asked what city. Didn't answer yet. She died at 84 in 1985: https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/06/nyregion/teressa-bellissimo-inventor-of-spicy-buffalo-wings-dies.html#:~:text=Teressa Bellissimo%2C who invented the,She was 84 years old.&text=Bellissimo's son%2C Dominic%2C that the,midnight one Friday in 1964. Edited November 11, 2020 by ExiledInIllinois Quote
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