Gary Bimonte will be laid to rest this week in a private burial service after in New Haven. The pizza legend was the youngest grandchild of Frank Pepe, whose Wooster Street restaurant is a fixture in the city. Bimonte died suddenly of a heart attack last week.
Back in 2017, he spoke with CPTV鈥檚 Off the Menu about his life, his famous grandfather and his passion for pizza.
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If you鈥檙e reading this, you believe in trusted journalism and in learning without paywalls. You value access to educational content kids love and enriching cultural programming.
Now all of that is at risk.
Federal funding for public media is under threat and if it goes, the impact to our communities will be devastating.
Together, we can defend it. It鈥檚 time to protect what matters.
Your voice has protected public media before. Now, it鈥檚 needed again. Learn how you can protect the news and programming you depend on.
