Born and raised in the heart of Appalachia, Mr. McGlothlin arrived in Northern Virginia in 1958, with no formal education, no job in place, but with a wife, infant daughter, and only basement lodging in a friends’ house awaiting him.
He quickly got three jobs: delivering milk, delivering bread, and working in a pizza shop. In 1959, the owner of the pizza shop became ill and could not operate a newly opened restaurant in Dumfries, Virginia. He was impressed with Mr. McGlothlin’s work ethic and moral character and proffered him the business if Mr. McGlothlin took over the financial obligations.
