Mario's
{{Short description|Italian-American restaurant in New York City}}
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Mario's is an Italian-American restaurant on Arthur Avenue in Belmont, Bronx.{{cite news |last1=Mariani |first1=John |title=Mario's in the Bronx Has Had a Century to Get Everything Right |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnmariani/2018/07/05/marios-in-the-bronx-has-had-a-century-to-get-everything-right/ |access-date=8 May 2023 |work=Forbes |date=July 5, 2018}} in 2000, the James Beard Foundation named it an America's Classic.{{cite news |title=James Beard Foundation America's Regional Classics Awards |url=https://www.cnn.com/2000/FOOD/news/05/09/james.beard.awards/regional.classics.html |access-date=8 May 2023 |publisher=CNN.com}}
History
The Miglucci family still runs the restaurant after first opening in 1919. In the 1930s, they expanded by becoming a full service restaurant.
Scolastica Migliucci and her son Giuseppe, Italian immigrants, opened a pizzeria in Lower Manhattan{{Cite web |last=Simonson |first=Robert |date=2010-12-17 |title=Easing into the Bronx with Mario's Restaurant on Arthur Ave. |url=https://ny.eater.com/2010/12/17/6705627/easing-into-the-bronx-with-marios-restaurant-on-arthur-ave |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=Eater NY |language=en}} but opened G. Migliucci Vera Pizzeria in the Bronx in 1919 with six tables.{{cite web |title=Mario's Restaurant |url=https://pizzahalloffame.com/marios-restaurant/ |website=Pizza Hall of Fame |access-date=8 May 2023}} Another source says they opened on Harlem’s 114th Street in 1915.{{cite news |last1=Raso |first1=Anne |date=October 2020 |title=Mario's A Second Home For Southern Italian Fare! |url=https://newyorklifestylesmagazine.com/articles/2020/10/fd02.html |access-date=8 May 2023 |publisher=New York Lifestyles Magazine}}
In popular culture
The Sopranos (season 4) filmed an episode here which was described by The Guardian as "more valuable than a Michelin star".{{cite news |last1=Arnold |first1=Amanda |title=10 Years After The Sopranos Ended, Its Legacy Lives on at New York's Italian Restaurants |url=https://www.grubstreet.com/2017/06/sopranos-memorabilia-and-stories-nyc-restaurants.html |access-date=8 May 2023 |publisher=Grub Street |date=June 8, 2017}}