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Umbertos Clam House. Umbertos Clam House is an Italian seafood restaurant located at 132 Mulberry Street in Little Italy in Manhattan, New York City. [1] Umbertos became known for its "tasty dishes of calamari, scungilli, and mussels ", but initially became prominent, weeks after opening, for being the site of the murder of gangster Joe Gallo.
Vito Genovese (Italian: [ˈviːto dʒenoˈveːze,-eːse]; November 21, 1897 – February 14, 1969) was an Italian-born American mobster of the American Mafia.A childhood friend and criminal associate of the legendary Lucky Luciano, Genovese took part in the Castellammarese War and helped Luciano shape the new American Mafia's rise as a major force in organized crime in the United States.
Luciano (Scamarcio) runs a restaurant in a small Italian town. He is a decorated veteran of World War I, but was badly wounded and walks with a limp.He seems to sympathize with the Fascist regime but he is not a member of the party, and although he reprimands his kitchen staff for political insubordination he does not report them.
Frank Costello (Italian: [koˈstɛllo]; born Francesco Castiglia[1] [franˈtʃesko kaˈstiʎʎa]; January 26, 1891 – February 18, 1973) was an Italian-American crime boss of the Luciano crime family. Born in Italy, he moved with his family to the United States as a child. As a youth he joined New York City gangs.
Lucky Luciano. Charles " Lucky " Luciano (/ ˌluːtʃiˈɑːnoʊ / LOO-chee-AH-noh, [1] Italian: [luˈtʃaːno]; born Salvatore Lucania [salvaˈtoːre lukaˈniːa]; [2] November 24, 1897 [nb 1] – January 26, 1962) was an Italian-born gangster who operated mainly in the United States. He started his criminal career in the Five Points Gang and ...
Chef Luciano DelSignore has gathered a lineup of chefs to celebrate a farewell dinner at Bacco Ristorante on March 24 which is closing after 22 years.
Giuseppe " Joe the Boss " Masseria (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe masseˈriːa]; January 17, 1886 – April 15, 1931) was an early Italian-American Mafia boss in New York City. He was boss of what is now called the Genovese crime family, one of the New York City Mafia's Five Families, from 1922 to 1931. In 1930, he battled in the Castellammarese War ...
Carmine Galante. "Lilo", "The Cigar", "The Heroin Don". Carmine Galante (Italian: [ˈkarmine ɡaˈlante]; February 21, 1910 – July 12, 1979) was an American Mafioso who was de facto boss of the Bonanno crime family of New York City. Galante was rarely seen without a cigar hanging from his mouth, leading to the nickname " The Cigar " and ...