Satriale's Pork Store is a fictional establishment on the
HBO
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series ''
The Sopranos
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''. During the 1970s, the pork store was taken over by Johnny Soprano, a capo in the
DiMeo crime family
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, when Francis Satriale failed to make payments on a
gambling
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debt. It became a regular hangout for current members of the DiMeo crime family.
The
filming location
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was in
Kearny, New Jersey
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. Satriale's Pork Store was recreated at 42 Market Street in Paterson () in 2019 for the filming of ''
The Many Saints of Newark
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New Jersey
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. Although a mob-owned establishment, Satriale's runs a legitimate business, selling a variety of meats, pork, and sausage, along with deli-style sandwiches. The store has a coffee bar that sells pastries and
espresso
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, as seen in several episodes. In the large storefront windows hang cured hams and trussed pig carcasses, coils of pink-and-beige sausages, including a denuded chicken with its beak still in place.
In the
pilot episode
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,
Silvio Dante
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tells
Tony
Tony may refer to:
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* Gregory Tony (born 1978), American law enforcement officer
* ...
Gabriella Dante
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sends him to the store regularly because she thinks it sells the best
capicola
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. FBI Agent Dwight Harris, who investigates Tony Soprano and the members of his family throughout the show, loves their veal parmesan sandwiches.
In the episode "
Toodle-Fucking-Oo
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Starring
...
", Silvio tells Richie Aprile that Tony no longer discusses mob business directly with his capos, using Silvio Dante as an intermediary, and never discusses mob business at Satriale's anymore because of FBI surveillance. This angers Richie. Satriale's is prominently featured in the video game '' The Sopranos: Road to Respect''.
The interior walls of the storeroom where Emil "E-Mail" Kolar is murdered by
Christopher Moltisanti
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have black and white framed photographs of classic actors and entertainers, like
Humphrey Bogart
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,
Frank Sinatra
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Dean Martin
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, hanging on the walls.
Satriale's is possibly based on Sacco's Meat Market located at 806 3rd Avenue in
Elizabeth, New Jersey
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in the
DeCavalcante crime family
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.
Production
The pork store was called Centanni's Meat Market () in the pilot episode, an actual butchery in
Elizabeth, New Jersey
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After the series was picked up by HBO, the producers leased a building with a store front in
Kearny, New Jersey
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which served as the shooting location for exterior and interior scenes for the remainder of production, renamed Satriale's Pork Store.
After the series ended, the building was demolished.
Following the demolition, the property owner sold bricks as souvenirs.
The location inspired a deli of the same name in
Sydney, Australia
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.
Important events that occurred in Satriale's
* Tony Soprano witnessed a violent encounter involving Mr. Satriale and his father, leading to his first
panic attack
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later that day.
* Christopher Moltisanti shot his first victim, Emil Kolar, in the rear of the store.
* Silvio Dante and Paulie Gualtieri beat Ariel, the son-in-law of Shlomo Teittleman in a room on the upper floor of the store and debate with Tony whether or not to murder him.
* After an explosive argument where Tony yells at Christopher and
Brendan Filone
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about their successful hijacking of a Comley Trucking transport truck, a trucking company that operates under the "protection" of Tony's uncle Corrado Soprano, Brendan is picked up and thrown out of the back room and into the kitchen where he rolls over a table of fresh meat chops. He made the statement that Tony is really the boss of the family since Jackie Aprile Sr. became the "Chemo-sabe", a reference to Jackie's cancer. This greatly angers Tony.
* Christopher and
Furio Giunta
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disposed of
Richie Aprile
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's remains by using the meat saw and butcher's knives to dismember his body.
* Tony and
Ralph Cifaretto
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are forced to make a decision regarding Jackie Aprile, Jr.'s future.
* Finn revealed to Tony and other capos and associates his encounter with Vito two years prior when Vito was giving oral sex to a security guard in a car. Finn's story played a pivotal role in determining whether the rumors of Vito's sexuality were true.
* Tony meets with
Bobby Baccalieri
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to discuss the takeover of Corrado Soprano's businesses and where the DiMeo crime family stands at that time.
* Silvio Dante and Carlo Gervasi murder Lupertazzi family soldier Fat Dom Giamello after he makes a series of jokes concerning Vito's murder and the sexual preferences of New Jersey men.
* Tony Blundetto gives Silvio Dante, Paulie Gualtieri, and
Vito Spatafore
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back massages and angers Tony Soprano by speaking back to him in front of his fellow mobsters.
* Agent Harris plies Tony for information on suspected terrorists and warns him about the attempt on his life from
Phil Leotardo
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.
*
Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero
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dresses as
Santa Claus
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for the neighborhood children and gives out toys every Christmas. During one Christmas Eve Salvatore becomes drunk and temperamental angering some of the children. It is later surmised that Bonpensiero was wearing a secretly hidden FBI wire on his person during the festivities. After he is murdered,
Bobby Baccalieri
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