It WAS a superior show.
And it has aged well.
I think many Italian-Americans in the area of NY/NJ where the series took place had brushes with them or knew of them. So while the series glorified crime, so to speak, it was also a cultural thing.
[And its not “capicola”. Its “ gabagool or gabagoal”] :]
“Who ate all the gabagool?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8FUUzmaCxc&list=PLiOdaKiVwGz0iflZ1JGiLn9mh14rKWZrI&index=131