The protesters marched up and down the edge of the property - careful not to trespass lest Broccoli call the police - while honks came in from passing cars.īroccoli had told me that he had planned to crash the protest with “guns a-blazing” but ultimately thought better of it. Broccoli, we dare you to be a profile in courage.” The crowd included a half-dozen Revolutionary War reenactors with muskets and several people Broccoli has sued, including Bill Sandy, the archaeologist who found the first dead body. “Is Domenic Broccoli here?” Keith Reilly, a co-president of the Friends, asked the protesters through a microphone.

Broccoli argues that this is rubbish and accuses his foes - with some evidence, but not as much as he would like - of going so far as to plant human remains on his lot in their effort to make it seem more grave-stuffed than it actually is. For more than a decade, the Friends have argued - based on some evidence, but not as much as they would like - that there are more Revolutionary War soldiers buried on Broccoli’s land than anywhere else in the United States. These were the Friends of the Fishkill Supply Depot, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the town’s Revolutionary War history and, in Broccoli’s view, to making his life hell. On Memorial Day, Broccoli drove to his property in Fishkill, where a crowd was gathering to protest his planned development. But sometimes that’s what happens when you find a dead body. This mission came as a surprise to Broccoli, who had little reason to expect that trying to expand his pancake empire into upstate New York - and to build his grandest IHOP yet - would lead to such conflict. He owns a four-bedroom home in Pelham Manor, a house upstate, and IHOPs throughout the borough where he grew up, each of which runs smoothly enough to give Broccoli the time and resources to devote himself, at the age of 66, to the animating force in his life: destroying his enemies.

He drives a nice car, spends time with his six grandkids, and golfs often enough to have a tan for most of the year. Domenic Broccoli, the IHOP kingpin of the Bronx, lives a good life.

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