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wiseguys hang out these days #922044
10/25/17 11:40 AM
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Where do wiseguys hang out these days? Social clubs still operating? Is it much harder to find mob guys on the street of NY today?
Thanks

Re: wiseguys hang out these days [Re: SimonChen] #922050
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Guarraci,the last decavalcante boss meet with the other wiseguys at The Ribersa Social Club in Elizabeth NJ.

Re: wiseguys hang out these days [Re: SimonChen] #922054
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also,the Mob Museum in Vegas. wiseguys go there,maybe knot so much to hang out but like to visit.

Re: wiseguys hang out these days [Re: SimonChen] #922057
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MOB MUSEUM: All the mob rats go there to give motivational speeches, lol.

Alite has gone, I think Mickey Franzese has gone as well and a few others.

Sammy will be there shortly as well I am sure once he gets his guaranteed check for appearing,,,

here is a cool walk around video of the Mob Museum:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYUenq2RCjU

Sammy Spotted at Uncle Sal's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecz941Evlic

Re: wiseguys hang out these days [Re: SimonChen] #922059
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There are still a few clubs in brooklyn, queens, bronx, staten island and manhattan.
Mob life is far from a secret now a days so hanging at a club isnt a huge issue.
Its not like 20 guys with no job all hang at a club like they did back in the day.
Problem is more to do with the decline of the italian hood. Social clubs are part of our culture. Problem is opening a club and no one goes there. These were neighborhood hang outs back in the day where guys played cards, talked politics, and drank espresso.
The mob clubs are different diners, restaurants, and whatever. I see a few guys at the same place for a few weeks then they move to another place.

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Re: wiseguys hang out these days [Re: SimonChen] #922061
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i dont know any social clubs besides the genovese ones in Corona Queens and down on Cherry Street in an unused commercial space in Knickerbocker Village in the city . not sure if they are even open anymore. for a while i was driving by KV on my morning commute to work and would see the door open with guys inside and right out on the sidewalk, no matter what time of morning, rain or shine. i passed by at 6:30 one morning and they were there. looks like a bunch of old retirees playing cards. if you do a google street view of the Parkside Restarurant in Corona, about a half block north i believe, you'll see the guy Rom talking to a kid on the street. the google images car caught em lol. i havent been on that block for 3 years so idk if the club is even open...im guessing not

im sure there are a good number of clubs still around in brooklyn and other parts of queens where old timers hang out, play cards, and commiserate about how the neighborhood has changed and the money has dried up..lol.

a sure-shot hangout or meeting places more than anywhere for wiseguys are diners. any indictment or bust in the last 10 years you'll hear about guys meeting in diners. places like the vegas diner in BK that closed, the esquire in Queens. georgia diner in Queens, etc... little places they can buy one cup of coffee at and sit for hours lol. every time ive been to the esquire or lennys on crossbay blvd it looked like the place was stocked with mobsters. its also funny how back in the "golden era" of OC wiseguys had reputations for being sharp dressers. the guys today look like bums...old mis matching sweatsuits, NY sports team apparel, those white nike air monarchs that only geriatrics wear..seems to be the uniform

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Re: wiseguys hang out these days [Re: SimonChen] #922072
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I'm pretty sure in the Capeci article not long ago when it was revealed that Bellomo was officially the Genovese boss it said that Petey Red DiChiara operated out of a social club in Manhattan.

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Re: wiseguys hang out these days [Re: MightyDR] #922075
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Originally Posted By: MightyDR
I'm pretty sure in the Capeci article not long ago when it was revealed that Bellomo was officially the Genovese boss it said that Petey Red DiChiara operated out of a social club in Manhattan.


I think this is the screenshot of the Manhattan one. Someone listed the address, I looked it up on google street view.



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Re: wiseguys hang out these days [Re: tt120] #922076
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Originally Posted By: tt120
its also funny how back in the "golden era" of OC wiseguys had reputations for being sharp dressers. the guys today look like bums...old mis matching sweatsuits, NY sports team apparel, those white nike air monarchs that only geriatrics wear..seems to be the uniform


Probably because it's how the whole country dresses now. Back when the mob wore suits, most civilian men wore suits.


"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
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Haha you right about the clothes.
Mobsters were known for their suits and sharp dresses.


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