Don Peppe

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Don Peppe
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The restaurant's exterior in 2020
Don Peppe
Restaurant information
Established1968 (1968)
Food type Italian-American
Dress codecasual
Street address135-58 Lefferts Boulevard
CitySouth Ozone Park
CountyQueens
StateNew York
Coordinates 40°40′08″N73°49′18″W / 40.66892°N 73.82169°W / 40.66892; -73.82169

Don Peppe is an Italian-American restaurant in South Ozone Park, Queens but was originally in Brooklyn. [1]

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Don Peppe is a half mile east of Aqueduct Racetrack and is decorated with photographs of thoroughbreds as well as jockey silks. They still have people from the track as customers but not as large as in the past. The racing decorations date back to the 1960s when they moved to Lefferts Boulevard from Brooklyn. [1]

Along with Bamonte's, it was one of the restaurants Anthony "Fat Tony" Rabito, a Bonanno crime family Consigliere was forbidden to frequent by his probation officer. [2] [3] Rabito was told to stay away from “hot places” “because they are well known mob hangouts.” [4]

Ciro Perrone was so upset that a waiter supposedly spilled a drink on his wife that he ordered his crew, which included Henry Hill, to beat the staffer with lead pipes and bats. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wells, Pete (June 20, 2017). "At Don Peppe, Expect a Lot of Everything". The New York Times. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  2. ↑ Cohen, Stefanie (August 2, 2009). "Feds Say: Fugedabout-Eat". New York Post. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Kludt, Amanda (May 3, 2011). "Don Peppe Scores Manhattan Location, Entourage Cameo". Eater NY. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Paroled mobster Fat Tony banned from mafia eateries". Five Families of New York City. August 2, 2009. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
  5. ↑ Hunt, Kristin (October 17, 2013). "EAT 8 restaurants with insane connections to the mob". Thrillist. Retrieved May 22, 2023.


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