Bringing authentic Italian caffé in Southern California wasn't a random nor easy task for Ambrogio Pasquini. He fought hard for it. And he finally made it to the States in 1946, after fighting in the Resistance against the Germans, after seeing Mussolini's body hung upside down, after being deported twice and after travelling illegally in a trunk.

The first thing Ambrogio 'Ambrose' Pasquini realized when he first came to America, almost 70 years ago, was that there was no place to get a good Italian coffee, and so he opened his first espresso caffé in Los Angeles. Since then, he has yet to quit coffee.

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