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Courtesy. Grant and Tony Phelan, at the Pinchers at Marina at Edison Ford location.
Courtesy. Grant and Tony Phelan, at the Pinchers at Marina at Edison Ford location.
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A gallows humor joke is making the rounds of the executive offices at First Watch.

“We’ve been saying we’ve never worked harder than we have in the past two months,” First Watch President and CEO Chris Tomasso says, “but ironically, we haven’t had any restaurants open.”

 

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