Steven Renner got hooked on Woody’s CheeseSteaks after the Nashville native moved to Atlanta in the early 1990s, but he also developed a tremendous appreciation for original owner David Pastoria.
The midtown spot reminded him of the unpretentious rough-around-the-edges restaurants his granddad had taken him to as a youngster. The steaks were to die for.
As for Pastoria, Renner marveled that he’d be “talking to everyone, knowing the names, knowing their kids’ names, watching people grow up there.”…