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FLASHBACK 2006: Utah's unique meat-on-meat sandwiches please palates while arteries scream for mercy.
Nearly every well-known, independent burger restaurant in the state is owned and operated by Greeks. It's almost as if some sort of ethnic cabal is cornering the market through liberal production of the best burgers in the country.
Family tradition: Mike Katsanevas, right, operates Crown Burger No. 2 with his father, Manuel. John Ziouras opened his first Apollo Burger in 1985. His family now owns nine restaurants throughout the Wasatch Front. Founders of the city's first Crown Burger: John Katzourakis, surrounded by son George, far left, daughter Leleni Maroudas with her husband Dean.
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