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Staff, patrons remember Dallas restaurateur Tom Ruggeri as a great entertainer and friend The owner of Ruggeri’s restaurant died in early January. Owner Tom Ruggeri in front of Ruggeri's restaurant in Dallas in October 2014. He opened the first Ruggeri’s restaurant on Routh Street in 1985.(Kirsten Kearse / Staff photographer) Anytime Paula Scholz hears an Elvis song, she thinks of Tom Ruggeri. She worked with him for 18 years, starting as a waitress, shuttling cocktails back and forth, then moving upward at Ruggeri’s restaurant to help with the business and, as she tells it, lovingly ba...