Rocco Restaurant | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 1922 |
Closed | 2012 |
Previous owner(s) | Rocco Stanziano, Antonio DaSilva, Gianni Respinto |
Street address | 181 Thompson Street |
City | New York City |
County | Manhattan |
State | New York |
Postal/ZIP Code | 10012 |
Country | USA |
Coordinates | 40°43′40.8″N 74°0′0.8″W / 40.728000°N 74.000222°W |
Rocco Restaurant was an Italian restaurant on Thompson Street (Manhattan) in Greenwich Village. [1]
Ralph Redillo, the superintendent of the building, has said it was a “big mob joint” and in the 1950s, attracted Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio. Later celebrity guests included Johnny Depp, Robert De Niro and Screw Magazine editor Al Goldstein. [1]
Mario Batali worked there as a chef. [2]
It is said that in 1952, Anthony "Tony Bender" Strollo ordered a hit there. [2] In September 1952, he met with Joseph Valachi for dinner. He was given a hit on Eugenio Giannini, a Bureau of Narcotics informer from the Lucchese crime family. [3]
Rocco Stanziano opened the restaurant in 1922. [1]
According to owner Antonio DaSilva, (Rocco Stanziano's great-nephew) Rocco's closed in 2012 because of “greedy landlords.” The lease was up at the end of the year and the landlord wanted to raise the monthly rent from $8,000 a month to $18,000 a month. Mario Carbone and Rich Torris took over the lease and opened the original location of Carbone. [1] [4]
Stanziano ran the restaurant until 1966 until his nephew Gianni Respinto took over. DaSilva, his nephew, took over in 1992. [5]
Rocco Restaurant | |
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| |
Restaurant information | |
Established | 1922 |
Closed | 2012 |
Previous owner(s) | Rocco Stanziano, Antonio DaSilva, Gianni Respinto |
Street address | 181 Thompson Street |
City | New York City |
County | Manhattan |
State | New York |
Postal/ZIP Code | 10012 |
Country | USA |
Coordinates | 40°43′40.8″N 74°0′0.8″W / 40.728000°N 74.000222°W |
Rocco Restaurant was an Italian restaurant on Thompson Street (Manhattan) in Greenwich Village. [1]
Ralph Redillo, the superintendent of the building, has said it was a “big mob joint” and in the 1950s, attracted Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio. Later celebrity guests included Johnny Depp, Robert De Niro and Screw Magazine editor Al Goldstein. [1]
Mario Batali worked there as a chef. [2]
It is said that in 1952, Anthony "Tony Bender" Strollo ordered a hit there. [2] In September 1952, he met with Joseph Valachi for dinner. He was given a hit on Eugenio Giannini, a Bureau of Narcotics informer from the Lucchese crime family. [3]
Rocco Stanziano opened the restaurant in 1922. [1]
According to owner Antonio DaSilva, (Rocco Stanziano's great-nephew) Rocco's closed in 2012 because of “greedy landlords.” The lease was up at the end of the year and the landlord wanted to raise the monthly rent from $8,000 a month to $18,000 a month. Mario Carbone and Rich Torris took over the lease and opened the original location of Carbone. [1] [4]
Stanziano ran the restaurant until 1966 until his nephew Gianni Respinto took over. DaSilva, his nephew, took over in 1992. [5]