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“This is his place,  Joe DiBernardo said.  When I look at that sign, I see him. The sign reads “Joe’s Diner,” and although it originally referred to the elder Joe when the restaurant opened in 2001, the father has dedicated the North Naples institution to the memory of his son, also Joe, who died in March of a blood infection days shy of his 54th birthday.  “We’re not going to change a thing,” said DiBernardo, aka “Big Joe.” “If anything, we’ll work hard to keep his name. My family has really rallied. We’re still in shock.” The younger Joe, a “distinguished graduate” of the New England Culinary Institute, moved from Oregon and a gig with Blue Cross Blue Shield corporate restaurants to Naples in 1998. He first managed Barron Collier High School’s food operations, then took over ownership and management of his father’s diner in 2009.

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