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.IV «•( . K p : h' f. Pmtfi B»-THE CHARLOTTE POST-Ttas^y. March 81. wn' Cleo Jobna. a native of North CaroitaMi, bas-beea-a profaaaiooal eookftr 81 yaan and for 20 of thoaa baa bad bar own cataring hurineaa, Cfebla La Cidiiba, lnc.,~Eeadiiiiart«w.‘ ‘T- f ■" tJr> J I rr PAYS TO ADVERIW ffi THE CHARUITTE ed in Maplewood, New Jecaay. Shecanandbasaervadftca 25 to 4,000 people. TMa year, she’s in charge of tfae cet6r^ for a $100,000 Bar Mitawah'Mv Ohio fathtf is giving Ua aba.' But Cleo had a dream. She- wanted to share her takaM with people on a regular baaia.' In 1975, Cleo bnncbed out into the nightclub supper bust* ness when she Joined up with Howard Sanders, a sucoeaatal advertising executive who al> so had a dream. - “What I dreamed of most," says Sanders, “was a restau rant much like those fbtaid ia the good old days. A plaee where you felt as an hooored and Welcomed giMt, wbera ' personal aervice was ahniya there but never obtrusive. And most important where the food was excePeot and the . eatertamsHt made Rw' en-~ tire evening truly memora ble." So wben Sanders and Cleo met ^thd Pieces canie Code- tber. "As soon as we met." be recalls, “we both knew this was a shared dream and we could naake it work.". The result: Cleo, located at One Lincoln Plasa, at $lrd Street and Broadway right ■ * -’I -jj % f- .. I native across from Lincoln Center. Sanders gave Cleo the visi bility she needed. The posh club has become one of the most popular in the dty, fea turing not only a popular kitchen under the supervision of Cleo, but top entertainment, such as Mabel Mercer, Brick- top, Hazel Scott, and the cur rant star, Joyce Bryant. Now Cleo is-roady to branch out internationally. Sanders is taking her to another plateau- intemationally. He has Just announced that a branch of Qeo is e:y;^ted, to be in operation by the fall of isn in St. Maarten, Dutch Antilles. To be known as Cleo Club St. MuUst Bay ‘l 'bn'tiie island) is tract to act as consultant to Cleo Club St. Maarten. It ia contemplated, accord ing to Mr. Sanders, who made all the arrangements, that a gambling license will be ob tained from the local authori ties within a year after the new club opens. It is located A OBOfnlldly man who The FWday-April, $iio AdmiMOD Snrpriw Dineo Lacfy & Saturday - Apri 2, S2jOO - SurprinDkeo Ladj & DigRlockeyg Sondigrw .• / f . Time - Get Down on a site near the St. Maarten airport. Cleo Johns is a remarkable woman. From a beginning as a cook for field bands in the cotton fields'of North Caro lina, she moved to New Jersey in her teens and continued to cook~for families, then for their friends. Maarten, the new branch will be under the direction of Ms. Johns who will be moving to St. Maarten to operate and manage the restaurant facili ty udiiCh will be maintained by local citizens. , The present manager of __ i*
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