A little chicken goes a long way
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When a doctor told him his pancreas wouldn't hold out any longer and his life was in danger, he reacted and recovered. In the process, the Granja was sold off to a Picasso, a local power group, and his brother Johnny ended up with 1% of the shares.

Fun choo-choo for kids at “El Pillo”

EL PILLO was the inspiration that brought him back to life. Jimmy sold a valuable German painting originally belonging to the grandfather of his first wife to an Italian for $50,000. It was a portrait of a small, smirking street urchin referred to in Argentina as un PILLO. With 14,000 meters of land he held onto just above the El Pueblo property, he bought 30 tons of wood and 10 kilos of nails and built his new restaurant. He said he was sick of people criticizing the Granja's decline in quality, and he tired of telling them that he no longer had anything to do with it.

Original publicity and enticements such as a 5% discount to clients if they get there and there is no sun attract the gamblers. On weekends, a PilloBus will transport you to and from San Isidro with a free beer on the way to enjoy your meal and dance until 1:00 A.M. Now fifty-five, happily re-married and with a lovely and talented daughter, the Schulers are on their way to new fame and fortune. -- Jim Plunkett