It's lunch hour Tuesday afternoon and Joe Bartley is manning the door.
With a stack of bright yellow menus in hand, he stands just outside Mr. Bartley's Burger Cottage--where the telltale smell of hamburgers and fries meets the sidewalk.
Bartley gracefully juggles the steady stream of customers--pausing to chat with old friends and answer questions from harried waitstaff.
From time to time, he steps into the restaurant.
Over the bustle of the lunch-time crowd and background sound of sizzling on the grill, he directs customers to the long wooden tables inside the crowded restaurant.
It's a routine Bartley has known for 40 years.
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