A pair of Greek born sisters opened up their doors to a flood of presidential candidates a few days ago in the run up to the New Hampshire primaries. Connie Farr and Maria Saitas have owned the Merrimack restaurant for 27 years and have been entertaining would be presidents and the hordes of media that follow them. Bill Richardson is in first, and then comes Hillary Clinton. Fox News sets up in the back, Charlie Gibson is in the front, "I just tell everyone to come whenever" Connie remarks at the pandemonium taking place.
Bill Clinton loves the place and the sisters report that he too over the years has been their favorite leader of the free world.
Two months ago, they report that they opened the restaurant for him on their day off, and that he spent three hours chatting them up.
"He came in and took off his coat and said, 'well I'm on a diet,' " reports Maria. "Then he ordered the chicken fingers and onion rings."
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posted on Thursday, January 10
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