CLEVELAND, Ohio – Tom Boutros was born in Cleveland and grew up near the West Side Market.
“My family lived by the market in the ’70s and ’80s,” he said. “We became customers and loved the market. A lot of my cousins opened stands there in the ’80s and ’90s. I grew up around the market, working the market.”
While the extended family was always involved, Tom’s dad took his family to Lebanon for eight of Tom’s formative years. Thus, Tom, who considers himself a Clevelander, acquired an accent…