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Restaurant in Queens, New York
Don Peppe
is an
Italian-American
restaurant in
South Ozone Park, Queens
but was originally in Brooklyn.
[1]
Don Peppe is a half mile east of
Aqueduct Racetrack
and is decorated with photographs of thoroughbreds as well as jockey silks. They still have people from the track as customers but not as large as in the past. The racing decorations date back to the 1960s when they moved to Lefferts Boulevard from Brooklyn.
[1]
Along with
Bamonte's
, it was one of the restaurants
Anthony "Fat Tony" Rabito
, a
Bonanno crime family
Consigliere
was forbidden to frequent by his probation officer.
[2]
[3]
Rabito was told to stay away from “hot places” “because they are well known mob hangouts.”
[4]
Ciro Perrone
was so upset that a waiter supposedly spilled a drink on his wife that he ordered his crew, which included
Henry Hill
, to beat the staffer with lead pipes and bats.
[5]
In popular culture
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References
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Wells, Pete (June 20, 2017).
"At Don Peppe, Expect a Lot of Everything"
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The New York Times
. Retrieved
3 December
2022
.
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Cohen, Stefanie (August 2, 2009).
"Feds Say: Fugedabout-Eat"
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The New York Post
. Retrieved
3 December
2022
.
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a
b
Kludt, Amanda (May 3, 2011).
"Don Peppe Scores Manhattan Location, Entourage Cameo"
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Eater NY
. Retrieved
3 December
2022
.
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"Paroled mobster Fat Tony banned from mafia eateries"
.
Five Families of New York City
. Retrieved
3 December
2022
.
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Hunt, Kristin (October 17, 2013).
"EAT 8 restaurants with insane connections to the mob"
.
Thrillist
. Retrieved
22 May
2023
.