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All-Pro Safety Tackles a New Business Venture

Arizona Cardinals Robert Griffith is tackling a new business venture. Last week, the All-Pro Safety celebrated the opening of his new restaurant called Visions, in San Diego. The player, whose name has become synonymous with dishing out the hardest hits, will be serving a new kind of dish now. The lavish, upscale restaurant is Located in the historic Gaslamp district in downtown San Diego.

The new restaurant presumes to serve the freshest sushi in all of San Diego. Plasma screens in cozy booths are spread throughout the restaurant. Since the grand opening, the restaurant has been a hot spot inhabited by the city?s movers and shakers. This is not Griffith?s first attempt at the restaurant business, who is also part owner of Sushi on the Rocks, also located in San Diego. The multi facet Griffith is also venturing into real estate. He recently purchased a 200 unit apartment complex in Phoenix, AZ. This purchase marks another great opportunity for Griffith who has acquired properties in Costa Rica, Bahamas, Florida, Georgia and California.

Aside from real estate property and restaurants, Griffith has also made a name for himself in the entertainment business, appearing as a guest analyst for Fox Sports, Best Damn Sports Show, NFL Network?s Total Access and appeared on the number-one rated soap opera, ?The Young & The Restless.? Griffith has also made his presence felt on the big screen, landing a small role on upcoming horror film ?SinJin Smyth?.