![]() ![]() Making the owner a low offer on the spot, she through "I’ll go home and I’d think about it." The owner called the next day and said, “I accept your offer.” And just like that they owned a specialty food store!Įighteen years later, Barefoot Contessa was a store that was celebrated both for its style and delicious food. They had no experience in the food business but Ina knew that it was exactly what she wanted to do. She and her husband Jeffrey drove to Long Island to see the store and fell in love with it. In 1978 she was working in the White House Office of Management and Budget thinking "I’ve got to do something more creative with my life." She came across an ad in the New York Times for a specialty food store for sale in the Hamptons and decided to investigate. ![]() Ina Garten had no idea what she was getting into. ![]()
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