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Rocco Restaurant

Defunct Italian restaurants in ManhattanGreenwich VillageRestaurants disestablished in 2012Restaurants established in 1922

Rocco Restaurant was an Italian restaurant on Thompson Street (Manhattan) in Greenwich Village.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.Mario Batali worked there as a chef.It is said that in 1952, Anthony "Tony Bender" Strollo ordered a hit there. In September 1952, he met with Joseph Valachi for dinner. He was given a hit on Eugenio Giannini, a Bureau of Narcotics informer from the Lucchese crime family.

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Rocco Restaurant
Thompson Street, New York Manhattan

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10012 New York, Manhattan
New York, United States
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