 D.C. law at the time required that alcohol only be served to patrons sitting at a table, so a member of Congress took it upon himself to change the rules to allow for bars and barstool seating in the District.Management of the restaurant was taken over by the Valanos' son, John Valanos and his wife Vasiliki in 1989.Helen Valanos died in 2005, and Connie in 2012.