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Yeah. Yeah they say this restaurant is more Hungarian than restaurants you'd find even in Hungary. But the story here is about the couple who owned the restaurant Laszlo and paul Fono have scored Not one all american success story but to They were refugees who escaped from

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Hungary in 1957. And when they came to America they had only $5 with them but they loved to cook. And eventually they opened a tiny restaurant in San Francisco. They called it the Magic Pan. And to make their first long success story short, the Magic Pan

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became one of the most successful restaurant chains in America. But in a bad business deal the photos lost the magic pan And it's a sad subject. They don't like to talk about now undaunted though they started all over again now it's their second big success Paprika

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Fono restaurant. The couple works here seven days a week, 14 hours a day. And it's not hard to see how they managed to success stories. They simply love their work. Mr funny let me ask you what does this restaurant mean to you? Well let's mean lots

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of things to me because I started with my it is everything. This is a labor of love and we love to share good things with other people. It's not only just running a restaurant, it's more than just a running a restaurant. One of the things I

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like this country have plenty of opportunity for everyone in a way the phono success stories come around full circle. The restaurant next door just happens to be a magic pan, one of the restaurants they opened in their first success story, Jeannine Yeoman's Channel four News.