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Bamonte's is a family owned
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restaurant at 32 Withers Street in
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, New York. Anthony Bamonte took ownership in the late 1960's and is still owner to this day. The restaurant is currently being operated by Anthony Bamonte alongside his three daughters, Lisa, Laura and Nicole. It is said to have been a
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hangout. In 2009, after he was released from a federal penitentiary,
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of the
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, was forbidden by his probation officer from returning to several Italian restaurants in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan, including Bamonte's.


History

When Anthony's grandfather, Pasquale Bamonte, and his wife settled in Williamsburg after immigrating from
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they opened Liberty Hall in 1900, which became Bamonte's. It originally served as a banquet hall and meeting place.


Honors and awards

In 2021, Bamonte's was named one of NYC's 21 best Italian restaurants by ''
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In popular culture

* Bamonte's appears in the
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''. Considered the “working office" of the Italian mafia bosses, leaders of the
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held important meetings there, settled disputes, entered into agreements and often included the Godfather of Harlem,
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in those meetings.“Godfather of Harlem” Production Designer Patrick Howe on Handling History in Season 3 by Daron James https://www.motionpictures.org/2023/07/godfather-of-harlem-production-designer-patrick-howe-on-season-3/ * Bamonte's was featured in Season 5 of Starz T.V. show ''Power'' as a mob hangout for Vincent Ragni's crew. * Bamonte's is a setting in several episodes of ''
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is murdered by assassins working for Doc Santoro while having dinner with
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. *Episodes of ''
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also filmed here *An episode in Season 6 of ''
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'' was filmed here * 1989 mobster film ''
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Season 11, Episode 14 The New You *
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Season 14, Episode 4 Past is Present * In the '' Daredevil: Born Again'' episode "Art for Art's Sake," a mob boss named Luca attempts to assassinate
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while he is having dinner alone at Bamonte's, but is shot dead by Fisk's bodyguard Buck Cashman.


References

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