Peninsula In Passage

selling to George and Steve Ikonomou in 1975. The brothers Ikonomou changed the menu and changed the name to George & Steve’s Steak & Seafood House. They flourished until they retired 20 years later and sold the land to Walgreens to build a drugstore. The cow, however, had long since moved with the Matthews and found a home atop the market from where she was once kidnapped but recovered. When J. C. Matthews sold the market to Jim Shirley in 1997 the two debated whether Betsy was part of the deal. But after a year of observing how Shirley kept the spirit of the country market intact, Matthews relented and Betsy remains a rooftop icon.

Painting: Karla Smith

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