When I was 12 years old my father and I went gun shopping. We ended up at Vic's Gun Shop. Vic was 74 years old. My father always kept his eyes open for opportunity, so while they negotiated price for a deer rifle for me, he also let Vic know he was interested in his building if and when Vic ever retired. Vic told my dad that he would give him the first crack at the building when the time was right. 15 years later, my father was hosing down the side walk in front of our old location and Vic (now age 89) walked buy on the way to work. My dad brought up the encounter that we had 15 years later and mentioned that it would be a great location for Paisano's. To his great pleasure, Vic honored his earlier commitment, said yes and sold us his building. After 2 ½ long years of endless permits and construction, we moved into Vic's old gun shop, our present location on June 12th, 2005.