Sisters Stefanie Dean Brown and Katie Dean co-own McCabe Pub, a Sylvan Park restaurant that began operations in 1982.
The Post recently caught up with Brown for a quick chat regarding a venerable old-school eatery that many now consider an institution of sorts.
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