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SUPPERTIME! by Diane Ciarloni | photos courtesy of Circle Star Brands
“I DIDN’T JUST WAKE UP ONE MORNING AND DECIDE TO OPEN A RESTAURANT. I WANTED MORE
M
arty Bryan, owner of Marty B’s in Bartonville, laughs easily and often. He also has a habit of finding joy, along with a good shake of gratitude, in just about every corner of life. Capping off those positive attributes is his “never-met-astranger” attitude that propels him to the people seated in his restaurants.
THAN THAT.”
It’s the native Texan blood flowing through his veins that prompted Bryan to first conceptualize his larger-than-life eateries. He came from ranching cowboy roots. He worked cattle from horseback. He branded and he roped. He mended fence, and maybe best of all, he rodeoed. He never passed up a chance to buck a bronc out of a chute or toss a loop over a steer. Even in those early days, Bryan had a non-stop mind hard-wired to creative channels. Challenges were embraced and he was always learning. He judged cattle and www.LiveLocalMagazines.com
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