Late Brother’s Pizza owner is honored after being denied street renaming
Updated May 01, 2021;
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Sunlight spilled through the windows of the Brother’s Pizza dining room as staff ladled pinwheels of sauce on dough and sliced bubbling, hot Sicilian pies into squares.
It was a typical Saturday afternoon in Port Richmond with which the late Bart Giove, one of Brother’s founders, would be familiar. Except on this particular afternoon, neighbors and state Sen. Diane J. Savino visited the parlor to memorialize the business owner and present his family with a New York State proclamation.
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