Caffe Sport North Beach Signage
by Bonnie Follett
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Title
Caffe Sport North Beach Signage
Artist
Bonnie Follett
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Caffe Sport North Beach Signage is a photograph of the original (yet very faded) iconic sign for this restaurant founded in 1968. I frequented this restaurant in the late 1970's many times with a boyfriend who loved its food and great warming ambience.
Caffe Sport is located at 574 Green St, in San Francisco between Columbus Ave and Telegraph Hill. The restaurant serves authentic Sicilian cuisine, pasta and seafood. After the death of its original owner Tony La Tona in 2002, it was operated by a son, and now appears to be operated by a new owner, who seeks to preserve its classic cuisine and ambience.
The Obituary of the original owner provides some history:
LATONA, Antonino A. - In Napa, October 15, 2002. Beloved husband of Gaetana; loving father of Antonio Jr.; cherished uncle of Jerry, Angelo and Julia D'Alo; dear brother of Rosa D'Alo of Pinole, Umberto Latona of Palermo, Sicily and the late Benito and Pietro Latona; devoted brother-in-law and friend of Giuseppe D'Alo. Many loving nieces and nephews all over the U.S. and world survive.
Mr. Latona was the owner and founder of the Caffe Sport Restaurant which has been an institution in San Francisco since 1968. Mr. Latona arrived in America in 1963 and resided in New York until his arrival in San Francisco in 1965. Mr. Latona was a local artist and had a love of cooking and making people happy. A true pioneer of North Beach.
Friends are invited to attend the Funeral on Friday, Oct. 18, 2002, 9:30 AM at the Chapels of GREEN STREET MORTUARY, 649 Green St. thence to SS Peter and Paul Church where a Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 AM. Rosary Thurs. (TONIGHT) Oct. 17, 2002 at 7 PM. Entombment, Italian Cemetery.
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August 14th, 2016
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