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Geno's Steaks owner Joey Vento dies of massive heart attack ("WHEN ORDERING PLEASE SPEAK ENGLISH")
WPVI Action News ^
| Aug. 23, 2011
| Unknown
Posted on 08/23/2011 6:26:40 PM PDT by End Times Sentinel
PHILADELPHIA - August 23, 2011 (WPVI) -- The owner of the landmark South Philadelphia cheesesteak stand who once told customers to order in English has died.
Family members confirm to Action News that 71-year-old Geno's Steaks owner Joey Vento has died of a massive heart attack on the way to the hospital.
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In June 2006, Vento and Geno's grabbed headlines for two small signs posted at the shop stating, "This is AMERICA: WHEN ORDERING 'PLEASE SPEAK ENGLISH."' Vento said he posted the signs due to concerns over the debate on immigration reform and the increasing number of people who couldn't order in English.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: genos; patriot; philadelphia
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God Speed, Joey! You were a GREAT AMERICAN and I'm proud to call myself a customer and a friend.
You will be missed sorely.
To: Owl_Eagle
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posted on
08/23/2011 6:28:12 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: Owl_Eagle
To: Owl_Eagle
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posted on
08/23/2011 6:28:56 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Tribune7
Trib, if you would do the honors.
A dark day for the South Philadelphia community.
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posted on
08/23/2011 6:29:12 PM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: Owl_Eagle
Isn’t that where Glenn Beck ordered bunches of sandwiches ????
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posted on
08/23/2011 6:31:00 PM PDT
by
Freddd
(NoPA ngineers.)
To: Owl_Eagle
This hurts. A true American has passed.
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posted on
08/23/2011 6:31:23 PM PDT
by
Go Gordon
(He's so bad, even the people from Kenya insist Obama was born in the USA)
To: Owl_Eagle
This hurts. A true American has passed.
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posted on
08/23/2011 6:31:31 PM PDT
by
Go Gordon
(He's so bad, even the people from Kenya insist Obama was born in the USA)
To: Owl_Eagle
RIP for a true Philadelphian!
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posted on
08/23/2011 6:31:38 PM PDT
by
bvw
To: Owl_Eagle
The country lost a great patriot today.
RIP Mr. Vento.
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posted on
08/23/2011 6:32:38 PM PDT
by
comebacknewt
(Sheesh. Go away and stay away Newt.)
To: Owl_Eagle
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posted on
08/23/2011 6:33:10 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open ( <o> ---)
To: Owl_Eagle
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posted on
08/23/2011 6:33:21 PM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
To: freekitty
Bummer!
Was Joey using provolone or was he using that cheeze whiz crap?
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posted on
08/23/2011 6:33:39 PM PDT
by
mylife
(OPINIONS ~ $ 1.00 HALFBAKED ~ 50c)
To: Owl_Eagle
To: Owl_Eagle
RIP.
Great sandwiches. Great rolls from the nearby Italian bakeries.
Great loss to American culture.
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posted on
08/23/2011 6:35:16 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: Owl_Eagle
We stopped there a couple of years ago, a few years after the speak-English uproar. Best cheesesteak in Philadelphia (and the best in the country, but that’s a given). RIP Joey.
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posted on
08/23/2011 6:36:30 PM PDT
by
10thAmendmentGuy
("[Drug] crusaders cannot accept the fact that they are not God." -Thomas Sowell)
To: Owl_Eagle
R.I.P. JOEY..
and yes, it’s damn effing annoying here in L.A. Even my close Filipino bud is getting pissed off that the mexicans could not converse in the simplest and basic English. That they are so arrogant to talk to him in espanol. He makes sure to piss them off by answering in Tagalog.
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posted on
08/23/2011 6:36:48 PM PDT
by
max americana
(FUBO NATION 2012 FK BARAK)
To: Owl_Eagle
RIP Mr. Vento..... You will be missed by many.....
To: Owl_Eagle
RIP Mr. Vento..... You will be missed by many.....
To: Owl_Eagle
RIP Mr. Vento..... You will be missed by many.....
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