MANDARO'S
ITALIAN CHEESE SHOP
LITTLE ITALY NYC
79 MULBERRY STREET NYC
Circa 1930s
LOUIS'S RESTAURANT
LUNA RESTAURANT
WHITE PLAINS AVENUE - BRONX NY
This was The Restaurant where Michael SHOT SOLOZZO
In The GODFATHER
JOHN'S OF 12TH STREET
NEW YORK NY
SINCE 1908
JOHN PUCCIATTI
JOHN'S of 12th STREET
"A FAVORITE of "LUCKY LUCIANO"
John’s of 12th was established in March 1908 by another John, John Pucciatti. Pucciatti Immigrated from Umbria, Italy to the present-day East Village, where there was a thriving Italian American community centered around 1st Avenue.
In 1907, Pucciatti had Italian marble brought in for the interior of his shop and had a painter come in to paint scenes of historic Italy, all of which are still there today. It’s important to clarify that John’s of 12th is not a pizzeria, but a white-tablecloth Italian restaurant. They do serve pizza, but that wasn’t the case until recently. They’re known for their famous chicken parmesan, but also for being one of the few traditional Italian restaurants to change with the times and become more vegan/vegetarian and gluten-free friendly, a switch they made 10 years ago.
John’s Restaurant was a prominent speakeasy of the era, making wine and whiskey in the basement. These illegal beverages were served in espresso cups in case of a raid. Opened in 1908 by John Puciatti, an immigrant from Umbria, this was a red sauce and wine joint that exuded the type of Old World Italian spirit to which mobsters have been known to gravitate.
During the prohibition era, the restaurant had a speakeasy on the second floor that sold moonshine made by Pucciatti’s wife, who went by Mama John. Mama John would have a candle lit in the restaurant and if they were alerted that police were near, they would blow out the candle and everyone would finish their alcohol. After prohibition, they decided to keep the candle going as decoration, and now, after 85 years of wax, that candle is 250 pounds, still on display in the dining room.
The "RED SAUCE SOCIETY"
A Meeting of The Italian Red Saucce Society
Italian Cookbook author Daniel Bellino"Z" with Vince Attard,
and Mr. Krescha
JOHN'S of 12th STREET
NEW YORK , NY
Tuesday JANUARY 15 , 2019
Me, Kresh, Vince, Alexis, and Sophia
We drank a lot of good wine, inclucing; Rosso di Montalcino, Falerno, Altro Pavia, and ?
We ate; Speedino al Romano, Polpette (Meatballs), Spaghetti Carbonara, Escarole, Melanzane al Parmigiano (Eggplant), Veal Bismark (al Holstein), Rigatoni con Ragu, Cheesecake and TiraMi Su.
Oh buddy Jimmy took care of us and we had the most marvelous time.
LANZA'S
Lanza’s Italian restaurant opened in 1904 at 168 First Ave., an East Village favorite until it closed in 2016. A regular customer, according to the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, was Carmine “Lilo” Galante, boss of the Bonanno crime family. Lanza’s had a reputation as a mob hangout since the Bonanno and Columbo families dined there.
For perhaps the entire life of Lanza’s, all its customers passed under a turn of the century ad for PN Corsets. The sign was there in 1993 when Woody Allen used Lanza’s for a restaurant scene in Manhattan Murder Mystery.
The BACK ROOM at JOHN'S
Late 1940s
ROBERT DENIRO AT LANZA'S
IN THE MOVIE ANGEL HEART
SUNDAY SAUCE
alla CLEMENZA alla BELLINO alla PACINO
ENRICO & PAGLIERI RESTAURANT
Opened in 1908
ENRICO & PAGLIERI
64 EST 11th STREET
NY NY
UMBERTO'S CLAM HOUSE
MULBERRY & HESTER
LTTTLE ITALY - NEW YORK
FRANCESCO CASERTA
1st PRESIDENT of The San GENARO FEAST
Date Unkown
FRANCISCO CASERTA & OTHERS
1929
VINCENT PAPA
MOTT STREET
1920
An ITALIAN TAILOR SHOP
MULBERRY STREET
1930
OUR LADY of LORETO
DAY NURSERY
ELIZABETH STREET
1940
MULBERRY STREET
1930
Unkown Italian Family
LITTLE ITALY
1905
FISH MARKET
MULBERRY & BAYARD
1929
ITALIAN GROCERY STORE
MULBERRY STREET
1930s
