This Inquirer story on Philly food drama missed a good one: Halloween night 1989, Nicky Scarfo, Jr., son of “Little Nicky” Scarfo, the city's notorious Philadelphia mob boss, was seated at a corner table at Dante & Luigi’s on 10th Street in South Philadelphia. 1/2 www.inquirer.com/news/nation-...
As Nicky Jr. waited for his meal, a masked man walked up, pulled a machine pistol out of a trick-or-treat bag, and opened fire. Nicky Jr. was hit in the arms and torso. He lived, but the shooting effectively ended the Scarfo family’s control of the Philadelphia mob. *That's* Philly food drama 2/2