esteban: esteban grafton. lemonis: nice to meet you, sir. -esteban: nice to meet you. -lemonis: wow. esteban: well, i've been here since 1953, and i'm an american. lemonis: you're an american. i'm american. -we're both americans. -esteban: [ laughs ] lemonis: and so you're the true american success story. steve: they call him "maestro" around here. lemonis: yeah? "maestro"? you come to work every day? esteban: most of the time. lemonis: you in your 60s? -esteban: i'm 82. -lemonis: 82. -steve: and this is steven. -steven: hey lemonis: how are you? i'm marcus. steven: nice to meet you, marcus. lemonis: you're a steven, also? steven: yeah. it's a terrible story, really. steve: i'm steve, he's steven, he's esteban. lemonis: okay, so three generations right here. steve: right here. lemonis: the thing that i love the most about grafton furniture is the fact that it's a three-generational business. that tells me that there's a lot of love and a lot of passion here. what worries me is that generational businesses often struggle. we know that second-generational businesses fail

grafton furniture is currently run by steve grafton, who also grew up in the furniture business, and it was founded by his late father estebanow he's helped by his son steven, the third generation of the grafton family. in my time working with the graftons, they've implemented a new manufacturing process that not only changed the efficiency, but it changed the profitability. and that new process also has strong quality control measures that ensure that every customer is happy. this is ana's father gilbert. this is steve grafton. i flew both of them out to california because i wanted them to be part of our first employee meeting. steve: my son steven. ana: very nice to meet you. stevie: nice to meet you. ana: ana maria. nice to meet you. steve: hola todos. man: hola. lemonis: so i wanted you guys to know that ana and gilbert and i made a deal, along with stevie and steven, to invest $300,000 into pacific hospitality, to buy a 45% stake. and so, going forward, these two businesses are going to be one company. putting the businesses together means more work, more business, and more money for everybody. but i'm 100% in charge. o

after we finished the first episode, esteban, the patriarch, the heart and soul of this business, passed away. today, i'm heading back to miami to check in on the graftone the progress that they're making. -hey. -steve: hey, marcus. what's going on? lemonis: so, let's take a tour through the whole factory. steve: to the left, up here, we made our little break room for the guys, and so we named it abuelos café. when i inaugurated abuelos café, i made a speech that this room is here because of my dad, and we stock it for them, free of charge. -lemonis: from him. -steve: from him. lemonis: it's actually the first time i've seen you -since he passed. -steve: i know. lemonis: as you walk through the warehouse, you feel this void of esteban. he was quite a character. he had sort of a personality larger than life, and you feel his absence. does it feel weird that he's gone? steven: yeah, yeah. lemonis: how has it affected your dad? steven: it's been -- you know, it's hard. he was the guy who taught him. it was his dad. i couldn't imagine. i'm just trying to be strong and follow his lead. lemonis: are you finding that you're using this room? steve: we are. lem