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Nov 26, 2008 9:00 am US/Eastern

Free Food For Life? Not Any More

SAUGUS (AP) ― The family of the founder of the iconic Hilltop Steak House is in a legal beef with the new owners.
 
Frank Giuffrida's family claims High Country Investor Inc. is reneging on a promise to provide the family with a lifetime of free meals.
 
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Giuffrida founded the Saugus restaurant, famous for its giant neon cactus and plastic cows, in 1961 and sold it in 1988, but kept the land. The sales agreement stipulated that the family and guests get free meals.
 
The new owners say those privileges expired when the land was sold in 2004, shortly after Giuffrida died.

A lawyer for the family tells The Boston Globe the decision by High Country "disappointed" Giuffrida's survivors and they plan to pursue the case.

A lawyer for High Country declined comment.

(© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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