The use of apostrophes after both names here denotes that there are two separate businesses owned by two separate men. If each man owned a cat, it would read: "Zak's and Tony's cats". But alas, Zak and Tony are not telling the world they own cats, they are telling us that they are joint owners of a single business. Thus, the proper punctuation is: "Zak and Tony's (business)".
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May 23, 2005
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