[1] Ralph Redillo, the superintendent of the building, has said it was a “big mob joint” and in the 1950s, attracted Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio.

Later celebrity guests included Johnny Depp, Robert De Niro and Screw Magazine editor Al Goldstein.

[2] It is said that in 1952, Anthony "Tony Bender" Strollo ordered a hit there.

He was given a hit on Eugenio Giannini, a Bureau of Narcotics informer from the Lucchese crime family.

[1][4] Stanziano ran the restaurant until 1966 until his nephew Gianni Respinto took over.