Numerous eateries in our town, past and present, were the inspiration and perspiration of local Italian American families with names such as Amato, Capadona, Di Salvo and Schiro, including at least a couple of dining dynasties.

Biagio Gargano, born in Sicily in 1936, gave us Gargano's Pizzeria, the Monastery and Bellini Italian Restaurant. Younger brother Gino operated his namesake place on State Street for 50 years until it closed in 2013 (his famous lasagna lives on at the two Gino's Italian Delis). 

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