Godfather of Barbecue

  • By Jean Gruss
  • | 4:43 a.m. May 13, 2011
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Over more than three decades, Paul Peden has opened more than 20 different restaurants, from an oyster bar in the fishing hamlet of Matlacha to a fancy restaurant in downtown Fort Myers.

 

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