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Josephine Gargiulo Cassata
Daughter of Gargiulo's founder was born in an apartment above Coney Island's famous restaurant

Mort Shatzkin
Memories of growing up in Coney Island and the family business, Shatzkin's Famous Knishes

Stephen Gaffney
Artist and educator who restored the old signs and painted new ones for Paul's Daughter

Charles Robert Feltman
Great-grandson of Feltmans Restaurant founder and hot dog inventor Charles Feltman

Antoinette Balzano
Granddaughter of Anthony "Totonno" Pero tells the story of how he founded Totonno's Pizzeria in 1924

Viktor Vassiliev
New York Bread co-owner talks about baking 30 different kinds of Russian bread in Coney Island

Dalia Vazquez and Raymundo Bardomiano
Dalia Vazquez and Raymundo Bardomiano own Tacos Doña Zita on Coney Island's Bowery

Basil Jones
Jamaican-born chef at Footprints Caribbean Cafe in Coney Island and originator of Rasta Pasta

Levent Demirgil
Turkish store owner returns to Coney Island as restaurateur three years after Hurricane Sandy