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By Jim Duncan 2/3/2021 I met Jim Cownie about 65 years ago on a sandlot baseball field. He was the kid all other kids wanted to be — the best at every sport. I was the youngest kid playing at the time, and Cownie would pick me on his team sooner than my talents deserved. Today Cownie is the businessman that all others want to be, a philanthropist and a genuine nice guy. I asked him to lunch recently, and he picked St. Kilda Collective in Valley Junction. The restaurant occupies a gorgeously restored building that was originally a Ford dealership. It would rival any building in East Village for faithfully supplementing the original historic character. The large rooms are dominated by a wood burning grill for steaks, chicken and fish. The separate bakery kitchen is glassed in up front and turns out pastries for both the St. Kilda cafés in the metro.

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