Amy Sacco

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Amy Sacco is an American club owner. She is the founder of Bungalow 8 and Lot 61. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Early life

Sacco was born to a middle-class family in New Jersey. Her father was the owner of Chatham Moving and Storage and her mother was a housewife. [5]

Career

Sacco founded American nightclub Bungalow 8 in 2001. She ran the company until 2008, when it was bought and later rebranded as another venture by a New York company. [6] She has also run Bette, a New York restaurant that she named after her mother, [7] and Lot 61, a small restaurant in the same city. [2]

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