The personable and knowledgeable husband-and-wife owners speak perfect English.

Antonino D'Annibale and Lucia Calvini, the husband-and-wife owners, don't take reservations or credit cards, are unfailingly grumpy, and seem surprised when a customer asks for a table.

The Venezuelan husband-and-wife owners, Maribel Araujo and Aristides Barrios, opened Caracas last summer, and already it has become a lively destination for South American expatriates.

Its husband-and-wife owners have decorated the dining rooms with antique furniture, and on Sundays they serve a buffet brunch that features a diverse display of salads and egg dishes.

The husband-and-wife owners are hands-on.

That's fine with Al and Marlene Robinson, Empire Haven's friendly husband-and-wife owners.

In California, the husband-and-wife owners of Pacific Asian American Family Care pleaded guilty to defrauding the Government and were ordered to pay $2.2 million in restitution.

It shares the same husband-and-wife owners, Jack and Grace Lamb, and it is tiny, but that's where the resemblance ends.

It is not that Larry Collins and Barbara Emley, the boat's husband-and-wife owners, have money to burn.

The husband-and-wife owners, Pilar Sanchez and Didier Lenders, have been fixtures in wine country.