The Poojer Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 this just in....the sky is blue...... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Todaro,_Sr. "Mr. Todaro started the famous La Nova pizzeria in North Tonawanda, New York in 1957, moving the business to its present location at 371 West Ferry St. on Buffalo's West Side in 1969. By the 1990s, Joseph Todaro Sr. and his family which include his son, Joseph Jr., his wife Cookie, and their children, Joseph III and Carla have turned La Nova Pizza and Wing Company into the #1 independent pizzeria in North America with annual sales that have been recorded at $25,000,000." "According to local and national law enforcement agencies including the United States Department of Justice [1], Joseph Todaro Sr. is known on the streets of Buffalo and throughout the underworld as "Lead Pipe Joe", a high level member of the North American Cosa Nostra or mafia. Todaro Sr. has allegedly been a top figure in the Buffalo crime family or "The Arm" as it is referred to in western New York since the 1960s " I have never eaten there, and never will. I'm really surprised that the majority of people don't know about its seedy connections. Government source (for those that hate wiki) http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0160...+Sr.&pgis=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kegtapr Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Something tells me we won't be hearing much from Fingon in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Their motto is "Our customers are our family." Not only is that a pretty good pun (given the history), I suppose that makes me a made man. "Our customers are our family" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taterhill Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 In Other news...the Berlin Wall came down, we landed on the moon, and the Earth is flat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothrop Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Also, their lips symbol is derived from "the kiss of death." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevbeau Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 we landed on the moon No Way!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agilen Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 I thought this was pretty common knowledge.... Back when I was in high school (not all that long ago, late 90's), we used to go there all the time for lunch. Their parking lot was full of expensive cars, they were the "delivery vehicles". It always felt like a perfectly safe place to park and go eat, even though the neighborhood had seen better days. I went back there for the first time since then this past Sunday night, and it seems to have gone downhill. The food was still great and the inside hasn't changed, but the shady characters have really taken over.....the place is being enveloped in the west-side blight around it. I just grabbed my food for pickup, but I think I'll be ordering delivery from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Todaro,_Sr. "Mr. Todaro started the famous La Nova pizzeria in North Tonawanda, New York in 1957, moving the business to its present location at 371 West Ferry St. on Buffalo's West Side in 1969. By the 1990s, Joseph Todaro Sr. and his family which include his son, Joseph Jr., his wife Cookie, and their children, Joseph III and Carla have turned La Nova Pizza and Wing Company into the #1 independent pizzeria in North America with annual sales that have been recorded at $25,000,000." "According to local and national law enforcement agencies including the United States Department of Justice [1], Joseph Todaro Sr. is known on the streets of Buffalo and throughout the underworld as "Lead Pipe Joe", a high level member of the North American Cosa Nostra or mafia. Todaro Sr. has allegedly been a top figure in the Buffalo crime family or "The Arm" as it is referred to in western New York since the 1960s " I have never eaten there, and never will. I'm really surprised that the majority of people don't know about its seedy connections. Government source (for those that hate wiki) http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0160...+Sr.&pgis=1 (In my best Mr. Rogers) Can you say money laundering? BTW, you know a hit has been put out on you for this thread. Can Mr. Todaro buy the Bills? I'd hate to be the guy who misses the TD pass that doesn't beat the spread. Eat at La Nova. Pay taxes. What's the difference? One going down a hole the other is going up one. Their motto is "Our customers are our family." Not only is that a pretty good pun (given the history), I suppose that makes me a made man. "Our customers are our family" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmac17 Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 sales of $25,000,000 ?? really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Darin Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 sales of $25,000,000 ?? really? Dat's alotta spicy meatsaballs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Dat's alotta spicy meatsaballs... That's a lotta clean laundry. I would love to have a restaurant that does $68,000 of "legitimate business" a day 356 days a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRC Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 That's a lotta clean laundry. I would love to have a restaurant that does $68,000 of "legitimate business" a day 356 days a week. That's a long week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 That's a long week. You obviously never worked in the restaurant biz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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