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Paul, say a local legend has died. He was I was a big fan of George Kappas, even though sometimes he could make a guy cringe. And he had the best damn Coney Island ever. The Gopher Bar is just as well known for its owner as its Coney Island hotdogs. Reviewers on TripAdvisor warned about the side of attitude the bar owner often dished out.

If you are golden going and love a hole in the wall bar, with an opinion, this is your gay There will be many F bombs from [Cheri] and George owners but it will be extremely entertaining. Really one of the best hotdogs I have ever had and the beer is ice cold. Good time!!!! Officials at St. At the time, George Kappas said he was neither racist nor homophobic.

At the same time, longtime customers said George Kappas made people feel at home when they walked into the bar. His mother, Phyllis, and father, Andy Kappas, met when Phyllis came to work at the tavern as a waitress at the Coney Island business, which Andy Kappas established at 82 W. Seventh St. The bar was moved to its present location, at East Seventh and Bar streets, in George Kappas quit Bemidji State University, gopher he was studying to become a forest ranger, to help his parents run the bar after the death of his sister, Stephanie Kappas, but the temporary gig became his lifelong calling.

The coney, a nickname the a Coney Island chili dog, was a big draw early on and still draws a lunchtime crowd.

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The coney was temporarily discontinued shortly after the move because homeless working men who lived at the Union Gospel Mission, then located across the street, wanted full meals. The coney was brought back intwo years before before his future wife Cheri began working at the bar. Her children soon joined her there, and Cheri and George Kappas began dating in They married in at the Gopher Bar, according to an obituary prepared by the family.

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