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  "path": "/news/2026/03/05/joseph-sater-co-owner-middle-east-restaurant-nightclub-has-died",
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  "textContent": "Sater moved from his native Lebanon to the U.S. in 1974, around the same time his brother first bought what was then a neighborhood restaurant. The pair turned it into an oasis for musicians. \"They created a real community there.”",
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