In describing her decision to exit the Santa Fe restaurant business last week after more than four decades, Dee Rusanowski opted for a decidedly unsentimental approach. “Don’t you think it’s ...

Then, after a multiyear hiatus in which the couple focused on volunteer work, the Rusanowskis opened their next venture, Saveur Bistro Santa Fe, at 204 Montezuma Ave., in early 2003.