Giuseppe Martuscelli immigrated to America from Santa Maria di Castellabate in 1967. Once here he began work as a cook. On weekends, in the little spare time he had, he would attend the dance-hall get-togethers in South Philadelphia. It was there that he met Anna, also an immigrant from the Salerno area, in Castel San Giorgio.

They married in 1973 and had two sons, Gianmarco and Alessandro. A few years later, Giuseppe got an opportunity to open a little pizza/pasta shop in Newark, Del. So they scrimped and saved and managed to put together the $20,000 required to make their move and invest in the restaurant.