Gino Vuolo, owner of Gino’s Italian Ristorante died today, the restaurant announced. Vuolo was born in Naples, Italy, growing up in a family that put its emphasis on Italian cuisine. His grandmother Immacolata opened a restaurant in 1906, which became a family affair.

Vuolo, 60, first came to the US at age two years old, when his father opened a restaurant in the Empire State Building in New York. He lived in NYC for 20 years, before moving home to Naples. He worked in the family’s original restaurant and honed his skills through work and on-the-job training.