{"id":5258,"date":"2018-07-17T22:06:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T02:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=5258"},"modified":"2018-07-17T22:06:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T02:06:00","slug":"batavia-iconic-pok-a-dot-restaurant-owner-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/07\/17\/batavia-iconic-pok-a-dot-restaurant-owner-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Iconic Pok-A-Dot restaurant owner passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5259\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/07\/17\/batavia-iconic-pok-a-dot-restaurant-owner-passes-away\/phil-pastore\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Phil-Pastore.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Phil Pastore\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Phil-Pastore.jpg?fit=900%2C506&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-5259\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Phil-Pastore.jpg?resize=900%2C506&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Phil-Pastore.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Phil-Pastore.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Phil-Pastore.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Phil-Pastore.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Phil-Pastore.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Phil-Pastore.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The legendary Pok-A-Dot restaurant is grieving the loss of it&#8217;s owner this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Philly Pastore passed away today surrounded by family.<\/p>\n<p>Pastore along with co-owner Joe &#8220;Trigger&#8221; Marone opened the Pok-A-Dot restaurant together 65 years ago in 1953.<\/p>\n<p>Phil and Joe also owned and operated Sunny&#8217;s Restaurant from 1977 \u2013 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Marone passed away in October of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>In June of 2013, the Pok-A Dot celebrated 60 years.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a video clip of that celebration.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iEoqKWc7zZM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legendary Pok-A-Dot restaurant is grieving the loss of it&#8217;s owner this evening. Philly Pastore passed away today surrounded by family. Pastore along with co-owner Joe &#8220;Trigger&#8221; Marone opened the Pok-A-Dot restaurant together 65 years ago in 1953. Phil and Joe also owned and operated Sunny&#8217;s Restaurant from 1977 \u2013 \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/07\/17\/batavia-iconic-pok-a-dot-restaurant-owner-passes-away\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[1096,1097],"class_list":["post-5258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-philly-pastore","tag-pok-a-dot"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-1mO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4811,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2018\/06\/02\/batavia-yuki-puts-on-a-lunch-time-show\/","url_meta":{"origin":5258,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/Yuki puts on a lunch time show","author":"aka","date":"June 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Yuki the umbrella cockatoo visited the Pok A Dot Saturday afternoon and put on quite the show for patrons on the patio. 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