by Justine The owner of Fortunato Bros is a mobster? No, really?!
November 14, 2007 — A Queens pizza man and a Brooklyn baker didn’t want to pay the piper – so they arranged to have him whacked instead, prosecutors charged yesterday in Brooklyn Supreme Court.
Carmine Polito, 49, a compulsive gambler and the owner of an Astoria pizzeria, and Mario Fortunato, 60, the owner of Greenpoint’s Fortunato Bros. bakery, allegedly plotted the murder of…
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That reminds me, I’ve gotta pick up some pignoli cookies for Thanksgiving.
No matter what, their stuff is the best, you should see the cakes they sell, one of a kind. Bachelor party, christening, weedings, all shapes, 3ds cakes, it is amazing and is all done by a talented guy from the same family, Biagio Fortunato or as they all know him, big Biagio. Get a pick at his page:
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