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I PASHOQI ANTHONY- The Boston Herald
Peerless Anthony dies at 93: Athanas made restaurant an icon
By Dana Bisbee
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Saturday, May 21, 2005 - Updated: 08:06 AM EST
His name has for four decades been part of a Boston landmark.
Anthony Athanas, 93, founder of Anthony's Pier 4 restaurant, died at his home in Swampscott yesterday after a three-year battle with Alzheimer's disease.
``He was the pre-eminent restaurateur in the country,'' Legal Seafoods CEO Roger Berkowitz said. ``He was a role model. Anthony's Pier 4 was the Holy Land of seafood restaurants.''
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino called Athanas a ``one-man tradition in our city. . . . He hosted thousands of political events and was very generous in terms of support to the community.''
Athanas opened Anthony's Pier 4 in 1964. It garnered international acclaim and became the nation's highest-grossing restaurant. It was also the must-go-to restaurant for politicians, religious leaders and the who's who of entertainment who visited Boston.
Religious leaders like Richard Cardinal Cushing, show business personalities like Dik Clark and Jack Benny and sports legends would dine on lobster beside neighborhood folk at Pier 4.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> ``Anthony lived the American dream,'' Sen. John Kerry said, ``and he never for a minute forgot where he came from or what really mattered. From humble roots in Albania, Anthony lived out the ultimate immigrant's story working his way all the way up to become a national institution.'' </span>
``Our city has lost a great gentleman and grand Bostonian,'' former Mayor Kevin White said. ``Anthony's Pier 4 restaurant is as familiar a landmark as the Freedom Trail or Old Ironsides.''
Former University of Massachusetts President William Bulger declared yesterday, a ``best friend has died.''
Bulger also said Athanas was a ``best friend to tens of thousands of people to whom he was kind and generous. Every good cause called upon him and he never hesitated to give his best to all of them.''
Born in Albania on July 28, 1911, Athanas immigrated with his family to New Bedford in 1915. His first jobs were peddling fruits and vegetables from a cart, selling newspapers, and lighting wood and coal ovens in restaurant kitchens.
He worked in restaurants and hotels throughout New England and New York before opening his first restaurant, Anthony's Hawthorne, in Lynn in 1937.
He followed with Hawthorne-by-the-Sea in 1946 and the General Glover House in 1957, both in Swampscott. In 1975, he opened Anthony's Cummaquid Inn in Yarmouth Port.
Athanas is survived by four sons: Anthony Jr. of Boston, Michael of Marblehead, Robert of Yarmouth Port and Paul of Swampscott. A funeral Mass will be said at the cathedral on Wednesday at 11 a.m.
I PASHOQI ANTHONY- The Boston Herald
Peerless Anthony dies at 93: Athanas made restaurant an icon
By Dana Bisbee
Saturday, May 21, 2005 - Updated: 08:06 AM EST
His name has for four decades been part of a Boston landmark.
Anthony Athanas, 93, founder of Anthony's Pier 4 restaurant, died at his home in Swampscott yesterday after a three-year battle with Alzheimer's disease.
``He was the pre-eminent restaurateur in the country,'' Legal Seafoods CEO Roger Berkowitz said. ``He was a role model. Anthony's Pier 4 was the Holy Land of seafood restaurants.''
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino called Athanas a ``one-man tradition in our city. . . . He hosted thousands of political events and was very generous in terms of support to the community.''
Athanas opened Anthony's Pier 4 in 1964. It garnered international acclaim and became the nation's highest-grossing restaurant. It was also the must-go-to restaurant for politicians, religious leaders and the who's who of entertainment who visited Boston.
Religious leaders like Richard Cardinal Cushing, show business personalities like Dik Clark and Jack Benny and sports legends would dine on lobster beside neighborhood folk at Pier 4.
<span style="font-weight: bold"> ``Anthony lived the American dream,'' Sen. John Kerry said, ``and he never for a minute forgot where he came from or what really mattered. From humble roots in Albania, Anthony lived out the ultimate immigrant's story working his way all the way up to become a national institution.'' </span>
``Our city has lost a great gentleman and grand Bostonian,'' former Mayor Kevin White said. ``Anthony's Pier 4 restaurant is as familiar a landmark as the Freedom Trail or Old Ironsides.''
Former University of Massachusetts President William Bulger declared yesterday, a ``best friend has died.''
Bulger also said Athanas was a ``best friend to tens of thousands of people to whom he was kind and generous. Every good cause called upon him and he never hesitated to give his best to all of them.''
Born in Albania on July 28, 1911, Athanas immigrated with his family to New Bedford in 1915. His first jobs were peddling fruits and vegetables from a cart, selling newspapers, and lighting wood and coal ovens in restaurant kitchens.
He worked in restaurants and hotels throughout New England and New York before opening his first restaurant, Anthony's Hawthorne, in Lynn in 1937.
He followed with Hawthorne-by-the-Sea in 1946 and the General Glover House in 1957, both in Swampscott. In 1975, he opened Anthony's Cummaquid Inn in Yarmouth Port.
Athanas is survived by four sons: Anthony Jr. of Boston, Michael of Marblehead, Robert of Yarmouth Port and Paul of Swampscott. A funeral Mass will be said at the cathedral on Wednesday at 11 a.m.