The younger Alexander, who was born in Englewood, graduated from Dartmouth College, entered the family business in 1962 and became its third-generation owner.

But now, if they sell a few dozen by closing time, it's considered a good day, said Caffe Roma's third-generation owner, Vincent Zeccardi.

Mitchell W. Padnos, one of four third-generation owners who run the company, worked after college at a Barcelona steel mill.

Many companies are family-run businesses, headed by second- and third-generation owners who practically grew up in the building.

"The lounge caters more to the neighborhood now," said Robert Harmatz, its third-generation owner.

Lewis was the third-generation owner of Rothchild's Funeral Parlor.

Fiona Duncan reviews the Greywalls hotel, a villa with third-generation owners that is popular with golfers.

As Robert Harmatz, a third-generation owner of the 94-year-old restaurant explained, the bagel represented New York City.

So I share the anxiety expressed in the letter of a New York man who is a third-generation owner of a manufacturing business.

A third-generation owner, Nazario Patiño, opened the place in 1990 after a decade of restoration.