Agency Type Wrote:
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> Having cashed out and fled Vienna some time ago, I
> saw this thread and the mention of the Vienna
> Inn.
>
> Mike Abraham....Pretty much an asshole...capable
> of random acts of kindness (contrition?), but also
> capable of duplicity and fraud (his scheming
> brought down the Bank of Vienna).
>
> But hey, that doesn't get in the way of a
> chili-dog...it was his fishwife partner, Molly,
> who fancied herself some sort of loveable gruff
> tavern keeper, when she was just a foul-mouth
> harridan, that ruined the place.
>
> The icing on the cake was the son. Culinary
> school doesn't bestow a personality on you. That
> little shit chased away many customers.
>
> Good riddance to all them.
>
> I was visiting Vienna recently, and stopped at the
> Vienna Inn. Decor pretty much the same...minus
> the strings of bread-tabs, and the staff was
> friendly and made it a pleasant place...nicer than
> it ever was in the "old days."
Spurred by your anecdote about the Bank of Vienna, I did a search for articles. The Post had an interesting article in 1982 about the chicanery:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1982/10/04/in-house-dispute-leaves-bank-of-vienna-ripe-for-takeover/c468d8a1-d353-4835-8ce7-42926fce31bf/