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Re: LA Crime Family locations
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06/07/15 10:36 PM
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http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/07/31/nyr...0&referrer=Dsbaloo is this who u meant? Joe isgroo gambino soldier, was into movie producing too I think he produced Hoffa movie back in the day I was always curious bout this guy, anyone know more info bout him? Ehat crew was he a member of?
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Re: LA Crime Family locations
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06/08/15 08:18 AM
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That's the chart of what remains of the family:
1. Louis "Little Louie" Caruso - owns Golden Air, Inc. and Caruso Mechanical Services in Phoenix, AZ 2. Michael "Porno Mike" Esposito - owns Gentleman's Video (adult film company) in Los Angeles, CA 3. Thomaso "Tommy" Gambino/43 - runs Royal Entertainment, Inc 4. Russell "Rusy" Massetta/61 - was made in Los Angeles, now lives in Cleveland, married to Pete Milano's sister 5. Leonardo "Limping Lenny" Montana - bookmaker, owns Enzo's Pizzeria in Los Angeles, CA 6. Robert "Fat Bobby" Paduano/70 - involved in 1991 drug case, loanshark 7. John "Johnny V" Vaccaro/73 - lives in Las Vegas, in Nevada "Black Book," owns Four Square Construction Co 8. Rocco "Rocky Bigfoot" Zangari/82 - moved back to Buffalo, inactive
Possible Members: Paulo "Paulie Tattoos" Rossi - a bookmaker, owned a tattoo shop Michael "Sports Bar Mike" Russo - bookmaker, works with LA family but not a part of according to Kenji James Testa - was made though possibly not in Los Angeles family
Yes a pizzeria,a porno movie stage and a tatoo shop are a nice hangouts.
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Re: LA Crime Family locations
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06/13/15 03:47 PM
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I'm alright. How about you? Kenji is a guy who used to be a drug trafficker who got involved with the porn industry and became connected with L.A. guys and the Colombos, then became an informant. He goes by Kenny or Kenji Gallo. He put out a book, runs a blog and practices MMA fighting in Irvine. Anyway, he knew the Mob-connected places in Orange County and he told me about this place in Tustin, I think it's Barolo Cafe on Newport Avenue. It's expensive but the food is usually very good.
If you want to try Enzo's Pizzeria, it's also a little pricey but the food is good. It's in Westwood near UCLA.
A place that was popular back in the day was Mimi's Italian Kitchen at 7408 Sunset Blvd in Hollywood, on the Strip. It was owned by Mimi Tripoli, who was a made guy. It's now a Mexican restaurant called El Compadre, and that's been there since 1975.
Ciro's was another place that was popular back in the 1940s and 1950s, but that closed down in 1957. Dragna, Rosselli, Bugsy Siegel, all those guys used to eat there, so did the biggest Hollywood celebrities. Ciro's was owned by Billy Wilkerson, the same guy who created the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas before Siegel strongarmed him out of it. It's now called The Comedy Store.
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Re: LA Crime Family locations
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06/13/15 05:32 PM
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Kenji is Japanese-American, but I think he had an Italian stepfather. That's his story.
I don't go up to L.A. much either except when I visit my brother in Pomona. Don't really go to Temecula either. Didn't think they had much going on there except a lot of new development that went underwater after the housing crisis hit. Temecula and Murrieta are places people would move to get lower cost housing when they were priced out of Orange County, but now it has a lot of foreclosures and short sales.
I may have eaten at Cortina's once and I think I heard of De Luca's in Whittier. I remember there was a really good Italian place in Whittier and I tried it out a long time ago. Another really good one, but upscale, is Antonello Ristorante in the South Coast Plaza Hotel. I took a date there years ago. What an experience.
Don't know if you're into Chicago-style pizza or not, but the best one in OC is Rance's in Costa Mesa. Those are some serious pies. One slice can fill you up, and the ingredients are fresh and locally grown.
One other place worth mentioning was Lotsa Pasta in San Diego. Despite the cheezy name, it had really good food. A friend and I drove down there for Timpano, a labor-intensive Neapolitan dish that when made correctly that is so good it makes people cry because it's like your tongue has gone to heaven. At least that's the way it was in the 1996 move "The Big Night." The timpano was really good, but it didn't make me cry. Sadly, the restaurant closed down in 2012.
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