Oral History Archive

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Josephine Gargiulo Cassata
Daughter of Gargiulo's founder was born in an apartment above Coney Island's famous restaurant
Mort Shatzkin
Memories of growing up in Coney Island and the family business, Shatzkin's Famous Knishes
Stephen Gaffney
Artist and educator who restored the old signs and painted new ones for Paul's Daughter
Vincent Cutrone
Owner of Octopus Garden in Gravesend
Gregory Bitetzakis
Co-owner and operator of Gregory & Paul's for more than 50 years
Charles Robert Feltman
Great-grandson of Feltmans Restaurant founder and hot dog inventor Charles Feltman
Lawrence Mach
Chef and owner of the Vendy Award winning Coney Shack food cart
Antoinette Balzano
Granddaughter of Anthony "Totonno" Pero tells the story of how he founded Totonno's Pizzeria in 1924
Viktor Vassiliev
New York Bread co-owner talks about baking 30 different kinds of Russian bread in Coney Island
Dalia Vazquez and Raymundo Bardomiano
Dalia Vazquez and Raymundo Bardomiano own Tacos Doña Zita on Coney Island's Bowery
Basil Jones
Jamaican-born chef at Footprints Caribbean Cafe in Coney Island and originator of Rasta Pasta
Levent Demirgil
Turkish store owner returns to Coney Island as restaurateur three years after Hurricane Sandy
Sabino Eugenio and Magda Perez
Owners of Mermaid Prime Meats in Coney Island
Morris Egert
Polish immigrant finds success with an Italian food stand in 1950s Coney Island
Karen Levy Fogel
Family owned Levy's Bar and Grill
Peter Agrapides
Owner of Williams Candy and past owner of Fascination Arcade
David Mamasoff
His father sold frozen seafood to Nathan's
Meg Feeley
Memories of her grandfather's frosted food business and a renegade ride on the Thunderbolt