Big Pappi's Grille Opens Today | David Ortiz in Restaurant Biz

Big Papi’s Grille a family restaurant

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David Ortiz, known to baseball fans as “Big Papi,” now has another revenue source — not that he needs one. Today marks the opening of Big Papi’s Grille, the Red Sox slugger’s own family restaurant.

“We decided to open a place that people can come and, without spending a lot of money, they can have a good meal and with their family, have fun, get to know the other part of myself, my teammates,” said Ortiz.

Business partners

The “we” that Big Papi is referring to there is Peter Sarmanian, his new business partner and the man who owned the restaurant that previously occupied the space that is now Big Papi’s Grille in Framingham, Mass.

Luckily for Big Papi and Sarmanian, they probably didn’t need to take out a personal cash loan to open Big Papi’s Grille. Big Papi has been playing baseball since right after high school. Now he plays for the Boston Red Sox, where he holds the team record for most homeruns in a single season. I don’t know what his salary is, but after leading the team to the World Series in 2004, I’m sure they are paying him handsomely to stick around. I’m sure he could buy all of the restaurants he wants.

Pretty classy

I think it’s admirable that Big Papi wants his restaurant to be affordable. It’s good that he recognizes that not everyone makes millions of dollars playing baseball. Of course, that made me curious as to what his idea of “not spending a lot of money” at a restaurant is. ... click here to read the rest of the article titled "Big Pappi's Grille Opens Today | David Ortiz in Restaurant Biz"