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# A true friend found
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/a-true-friend-found-editor/
- Published: 2006-09-21T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:25:17.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Pier, #archive-import

*By Todd Work Santa Monica*

Kudos to you and your staff for the community profile on Big Dean’s legend T.J. Sorady (SMDP, Sept. 18, page 1). Santa Monica is a community and as such, it is based upon friendships foraged both personal and business. I moved to Santa Monica 11 years ago and did not know one person. I can still remember that first afternoon I ventured down to the Santa Monica Pier alone and found Big Dean’s. I would come away with a family and in T.J. Sorady a true friend. He showed kindness to a new city resident beyond a mere potential patron and I received a brother I could always count on.

Thank you for your piece on one of this city’s finest treasures. Cheers to you T.J.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 21, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/092106.pdf?ref=smdp.com)