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To: Kid Shelleen
Thirty years ago Wednesday, shots rang out in front of Sparks Steak House in Midtown

I always liked the name of Umberto's Clam House where there was another Mafia hit (Joe Gallo) in 1972. Apparently Gallo's father was named Umberto, although he didn't start the restaurant.

9 posted on 12/16/2015 3:48:54 PM PST by wideminded
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To: wideminded
Umberto's Clam House:

In 1972, the establishment's founder, Umberto Ianniello, opened the restaurant at 129 Mulberry Street (at the northwest corner of Mulberry and Hester Streets). The restaurant was both the hangout of Umberto's son, reputed Mafia leader Matthew ("Matty the Horse") Ianniello and (according to Judge Edward Weinfeld of the Federal District Court in Manhattan) secretly owned by Matthew.

Two months after opening, on April 7, 1972, New York gangster Joe Gallo was shot and killed at the eatery, where his party of family and friends (including his daughter, wife, and bodyguard had stopped for an early morning snack after celebrating his 43rd birthday at the Copacabana. A rival gangster spotted him and sent in hitmen shortly after Gallo was seated at a butcher block table in a back corner. After sustaining five shots, Gallo stumbled out into the street and died.

Source: Wikipedia

13 posted on 12/16/2015 3:52:20 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: wideminded
The Gallo Brothers were a breed apart.
26 posted on 12/16/2015 4:21:15 PM PST by OddLane
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