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Staff, patrons remember Dallas restaurateur Tom Ruggeri as a great entertainer and friend
The owner of Ruggeri’s restaurant died in early January.
Owner Tom Ruggeri in front of Ruggeri s restaurant in Dallas in October 2014. He opened the first Ruggeri’s restaurant on Routh Street in 1985.(Kirsten Kearse / Staff photographer)
Anytime Paula Scholz hears an Elvis song, she thinks of Tom Ruggeri. She worked with him for 18 years, starting as a waitress, shuttling cocktails back and forth, then moving upward at Ruggeri’s restaurant to help with the business and, as she tells it, lovingly battle in a way you’d expect from a family-run joint. ....

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