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be work- ing on a pickle bucket making Whoppers because I tall to get up there and actually make sand- Amarosa is now the owner of the Burger King under construction at 5979 Belleville Crossing. This restaurant is tenta- tively scheduled to open Sept. 4, and Amarosa forecasts it will do $1.4 million in sales annually and start with 20 full-time employees and 14 part- time employees. Belleville aldermen in December granted an exemption on state sales tax for construction mate- rial purchased for the restaurant. This could save Amarosa an estimated $62,000 on the $2.3 million construction cost.

The new Belleville Burg- er King will have a design much different from the traditional Burger King building. It will have high ceilings, more photos on the walls and earth tone colors. Amarosa also built the Burger King at 2711 N. Illinois St. in Swansea two years ago.

Along with owning the Swansea and Belleville Burger Kings, Amarosa is the director of operations for the Liberty Restaurant Group run by his father. Liberty has 23 Burger King restaurants in Illinois and Missouri, stretching from Vandalia to Washington, Missouri. Amarosa, 29, recently met with the News-Demo- crat to talk about his ca- reer: Your father, Jay Amaro- sa, is a longtime Burger King franchise owner, and now following his path as an owner. Can you talk about some of your experiences in starting out in Burger King? started out at the complete bottom. But now looking back on it as an owner and operator and franchisee in the Burger King system, it was the best thing that he ever did for me because at this point now I know the ins and outs of Burger King.

I held it against my old man that he made me do all these things, but now a blessing that he did. I be more appreciative. worked through the ranks: shift manager, assistant general manager, general manager, district manager, regional manag- er, director of operations, franchisee. held every position for an extended period of Why did you decide to expand in the Belleville Crossing shopping center? The increasing num- ber of other restaurants in the shopping center, the DERIK HOLTMANN Jason Amarosa, owner and franchisee of Swansea and Belleville Burger King restaurants, is preparing for a new Belleville location to open. Burger King owner learned the business from bottom up BY MIKE KOZIATEK About Jason Amarosa A Age: 29 A Job: Burger King franchise owner in Swansea and Belleville; director of operations for Liberty Restaurant Group.

A Outlook: Amarosa said the cost of beef has increased sharply but sales have been positive. are going well in the Burger King world right now, sales are up. Commodity cost is a concern but other than that, from a sales standpoint, doing all SEE AMAROSA, 9A Masters Shave Grooming Company has opened in Fairview Heights. The business, which opened June 10, provides haircuts, styling, straight- razor shaves, beard and mustache trims, facials and hair coloring services while jazz music plays over the speakers. Masters is owned by 40-year-olds Shannon Norman and his wife Le- keisha, of Florissant, Mis- souri.

Shannon Norman, who is originally from East St. Louis, has been cutting hair since he was 13 years old. Shannon Norman was one of three boys with a single mother and regular haircuts were expensive so he had to learn to cut hair. He eventually attended and graduated from Eclips Barber School in Over- land, Missouri, and then worked there as an in- structor. After living in Bourbon- nais, Illinois, where Shan- non Norman worked in a mall barbershop for two years, the couple decided to move back to the St.

Louis area. Shannon Norman want- ed an upscale shop that had a welcoming envi- ronment where people would be comfortable, he said. been in a regular barbershop, been in a regular neighborhood barbershop; it offer everything a man would Shannon Norman said. The shop is open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.

Masters is at 314 E. Fountains Parkway in Fairview Heights. For more information call 618-607-0044 or go to www.mastersshave.com. BBQ RESTAURANT BEING PLANNED Sugarfire Smoke House, a St. Louis-based barbecue restaurant, is coming to The foot restaurant is being planned to be built at 1405 Green Mount Road, and would be the first metro-east location.

Sugarfire currently has six locations. The City Council advanced the Green Mount Develop- ment Group proposed site plan for the restaurant at its July 3 meeting, and has a final vote scheduled for Monday night. Sugarfire opened in Olivette, Missouri, in 2012, and has since ex- panded on the west side of the Mississippi to down- town St. Louis, St. Charles, Valley Park, Washington, and Missouri.

CLOTHING STORE TO CLOSE The Gymboree clothing store in St. Clair Square mall will close as part of the nation- al retail bankrupt- cy, according to the com- website. RETAIL ROUNDUP Upscale barbershop opens, and BBQ restaurant is in the works BY JOSEPH BUSTOS SEE RETAIL, 9A.