Hoodwinked: Restaurateur on Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares Was a Mobster
Peter (Peter Pasta) Pellegrino, formerly of the Babylon, New York restaurant Peter’s Italian Restaurant, really is -- or was -- a gangster. Gordon gives a pep talk. Peter is ready for action..... The once-promising Bonanno crime family member who appeared in Kitchen Nightmares now calls himself a brokester . And the Bonanno crime family, with which he was once affiliated has disowned him. So has the rest of New York's Cosa Nostra, according to FBI documents and Peter Pasta himself. But before all that he appeared on an episode of Kitchen Nightmares in which he acted very much like the mobster he allegedly was trying to become around the time of filming. (See Peter's Italian Restaurant menu here .) Back then Peter Pasta was an up-and-coming Bonanno associate who "earned" $15 grand a week from bookmaking. At the time, he also owned two boats that he'd park in a pricey nearby Babylon harbor called Great South Bay. Gang Land News's Je
Whoopi Goldberg's company shot that, Frank told me. I really hope the reality show kicks in. I'd loved to be involved with it, behind the scenes.
ReplyDeleteThe thing with these retired mobsters is that once they are out of the life, they can not get hired because they are a convicted felon (modern day 2nd class citizen). The only way for them to live a decent life is to start a legitimate business. Really who in their right mind would hire a criminal?
ReplyDeleteYou referring to guy in video, Ronen? Didn't realize that's when you meant -- he's a magazine owner/publisher, not a mobster! Mob Candy is a magazine -- they're not gangsters but they'll get a kick out of your comment!
ReplyDeleteForget 'bout it
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