Kitchen Nightmares Gangster Back In Business (Mob Business, That Is)
“Nobody is gonna go against them. They’d go head to head with anybody.”
Source on Michael (Mikey Nose) Mancuso and his Administration in the Bonanno crime family.
Bonanno mobster Peter (Peter Pasta) Pellegrino, a name you are familiar with if you have been watching Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and reading Cosa Nostra News, is back in business—the gambling and shylocking business, though, not the restaurant business.
Also part of the Nose's Christmastime shakeup, Anthony (Bruno) Indelicato, the longtime Bonanno wiseguy who was a direct participant—he was one of the shooters—in the 1979 Carmine Galante murders, was named consiglieri earlier this year. Indelicato, who was released from prison in June 2022, is said to be carrying considerable clout on the street these days. Nose allowed him to keep his crew; capos typically give up their crews when bumped to join a borgata's administration.
“Peter had words about something with Nicky at a wedding” and the shelving was the result, a source told us.
The source went on that Pete was recognized again not long before 2017, but was kept on a tight leash. Then he started producing and making money and caught the attention of certain people. "It’s like any other kind of job: when you are doing good things for the company, the company notices,” said the source.
Pellegrino was handed the crew in Florida, where he was planning to move, around the end of 2024. He’s also overseeing a crew in Ridgewood, Queens, that recently formed an alliance with area Albanians.
Peter Pasta has been attracting considerable attention. He has been seen hanging his hat in Manhattan at places including Carbone on Thompson Street. He’s been seen driving a Jaguar and Mercedes and being driven around in a Jeep Cherokee. He splits his time between New York and Florida (just about every six weeks he's boarding an airplane) and has a house in Middle Village and a beachfront condo in the Sunshine State, we’ve been told.
“They were stopped after rolling through a stop sign,” said one of the sources. “It was the Feds. They told Pete they had an early birthday present for him (his birthday is in April). They handed him a subpoena.”
Source on Michael (Mikey Nose) Mancuso and his Administration in the Bonanno crime family.
Bonanno mobster Peter (Peter Pasta) Pellegrino, a name you are familiar with if you have been watching Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and reading Cosa Nostra News, is back in business—the gambling and shylocking business, though, not the restaurant business.
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| Peter Pasta Pellegrino. (From Facebook.) |
In fact, Peter Pasta was among the Bonannos who benefitted from Michael (Mikey Nose) Mancuso's reorganization of the crime family last Christmas, we've learned. Pellegrino was bumped from acting capo to official capo. He’s now overseeing a Bonanno crew in Florida and one allied with Albanians in Ridgewood, Queens.
Also part of the Nose's Christmastime shakeup, Anthony (Bruno) Indelicato, the longtime Bonanno wiseguy who was a direct participant—he was one of the shooters—in the 1979 Carmine Galante murders, was named consiglieri earlier this year. Indelicato, who was released from prison in June 2022, is said to be carrying considerable clout on the street these days. Nose allowed him to keep his crew; capos typically give up their crews when bumped to join a borgata's administration.
Peter Pasta has come a long way since his capo, Nicholas (Nicky Cigars) Santora, shelved him back in 2005-06.
“Peter had words about something with Nicky at a wedding” and the shelving was the result, a source told us.
The source went on that Pete was recognized again not long before 2017, but was kept on a tight leash. Then he started producing and making money and caught the attention of certain people. "It’s like any other kind of job: when you are doing good things for the company, the company notices,” said the source.
Pellegrino was handed the crew in Florida, where he was planning to move, around the end of 2024. He’s also overseeing a crew in Ridgewood, Queens, that recently formed an alliance with area Albanians.
We’ve also learned that the zips are still around—and that Peter has a few of the Sicilians with him.
“They are few and far between, but they are still around,” another source told us of the zips. The old rule still applies, he said: if you’re made in Italy, you can’t be made here.
Peter Pasta has been attracting considerable attention. He has been seen hanging his hat in Manhattan at places including Carbone on Thompson Street. He’s been seen driving a Jaguar and Mercedes and being driven around in a Jeep Cherokee. He splits his time between New York and Florida (just about every six weeks he's boarding an airplane) and has a house in Middle Village and a beachfront condo in the Sunshine State, we’ve been told.
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| Bruno, left, and Frank Lino. |
Peter Pasta and the Bonanno family have been catching some heat recently.
“Peter and some other guys were caught on wiretap” about two years ago, said a source.
Then, back in March, Pellegrino was pulled over in Ridgewood while making collections with a member of his crew.
“They were stopped after rolling through a stop sign,” said one of the sources. “It was the Feds. They told Pete they had an early birthday present for him (his birthday is in April). They handed him a subpoena.”
Pellegrino and other Bonannos recently had to show up in Manhattan and give the Feds voice prints.
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