Gargiulo's

2911 West 15th Street | Coney Island | built 1930

The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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1907
Gus Gargiulo opens Gargiulo's restaurant, later joined by his brother and sisters
Gus Gargiulo started the restaurant in Coney Island in 1907. His brother Louis and sisters Tessie and Angelina later joined him, and other relatives worked in the kitchen. Big parties filled the dining room, with its maroon drapes, and spilled into the back courtyard on warm days.
Source: Wikipedia
1965
April
The Russo brothers buy Gargiulo's from the Gargiulo family
In April 1965 Michael, Victor and Nino Russo bought the restaurant from the Gargiulo family. The Russo family still ran it decades later, celebrating the restaurant's 100th anniversary in June 2007 and 50 years of Russo ownership in November 2015.
“In April 1965, the Russo brothers (Michael, Victor and Nino) bought the restaurant from the Gargiulo family.”
Source: Wikipedia

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