Tour of NYC's Little Italy: Where wise guys got whacked

[@DragonNomak]

i just found out that Vinny died damn.... february 20th R.I.P Vinny thank you for everything

[@ziggymorris8760]

He died a while ago

[@alfie_5171]

@@ziggymorris8760 no shit when the original comment is a year old

[@MrGradyisawesome]

RIP

[@StamfordBridge]

Nice tourism board slogan: "Come on down; they won't whack you if you're a tourist -- just the guys who's supposed to get whacked."

[@randomdachshund2452]

StamfordBridge can I get some mozzarella

[@randomdachshund2452]

StamfordBridge aye don’t knock it that’s how autocorrect said it

[@randomdachshund2452]

StamfordBridge ain’t it sad how little Italy’s getting smaller and dying off maybe it would be fine if those guys didn’t kill eachother every weekend

[@StamfordBridge]

The real Peanut Little Italy is a treasure. I love the place so much - except when it’s so crowded that you can’t move during the Feast of San Gennaro.

[@NotoLeft]

worth to see our shine box!

[@perseuswong6864]

5:35 "One thing you got to say about Little Italy. They always whack who's suppose to get whacked. And a tourist has never been whacked on here. So feel free to come on down here!" The Best Tourism Promo Headline Ever!

[@86zoran]

yeah, he is really selling it..

[@bodhitaichi]

+Perseus Wong Mobsters whacked out a lot of the wrong guys downtown. Ever year of Sonny Pinto? Jesus. They hit a civilian once in the 40s and every game got shut down for months and the they were paying off the law for a year.

[@bodhitaichi]

+bodhitaichi Just thinking. You're right. Pinto whacked out a lot of guys. And that gone guy that got shot in the 40s was from like ... Indiana or something and it was a graze so only the cops got hot. I'll see if I can find the article for you.

[@BigCheech-wy9os]

""hey at least their honest!""

[@ronnylovabecton6196]

+BigCheech 4509 true

[@halfdayofthejackal9372]

Vinny was a true character. They don't make em like that anymore

[@bigdaddytrucker8312]

Brooklyn NYC will always have a special place in my heart especially little Italy ,God bless everyone.

[@shrek19yearsago78]

More like lil Dominican and Mexican

[@marilynwillett804]

I miss italians so much, I'm stuck in the south. My uncle Frank, long coat, cigar, always drove a big Buick.

[@ericzambelli2854]

Oh yeah Frankie with the Buick yeah, yeah yeah I remember him. he was the guy with the thing at the place.

[@BLOMBO-ENJOYER]

Uhhhh the guy in the left lives in the south now

[@stanwhatley1255]

Went into the Mulberry Street Bar last December not knowing the significance of it. As a huge Sopranos fan I was blown away when somebody told me where I was. Scenes from Donny Brasco, The Pope of Greenwich Village, and several other movies and shows filmed there too. Very cool place

[@semkali9028]

They should whacked you for that 😂😂😂😂😂

[@JohnDoe-fs6lz]

I’m so moved by this interview. I’m considering going to visit little Italy 🇮🇹 very soon . Since i was a kid I would see good fellas 10x over

[@mauigio]

I love hearing this guy talk, Sounds like the late and great Boss - James Gandolfini que descanse en paz and riposa in pace

[@ThisisDanBell]

No records, Artie!

[@praytherosaryeveryday2709]

Should never have got involved with that broad

[@williammayer7199]

Pmsl

[@spookedhorse]

BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH!

[@dinobravo23]

What, are you gonna pay taxes?

[@Cccc-ky4vq]

R.i.p Vinnie great guy old school guy the good ol deyz

[@DeniseIreland-i1q]

My Italian Grandmother grew up in Little Italy. My Grandfather met her there and married her. He was from Naples. Blessings

[@perosoygoyito]

I visited Little Italy for the first time 20 years ago and it was already being described as "shrunken" from the old days. Btw, Italians didn't "leave" Little Italy. They got "soft" abandoned it for pretentious suburban comfort in Long Island, Staten Island, and Jersey.

[@pieeater187]

I’m from Scotland visited that restaurant for dinner then went to that exact bar for drinks was made so welcome love the New York Italians had an old local guy telling me some history and funny story’s. Funny thing I’ll never forget was the duke box only had Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin records.

[@j2times2006]

I love at the end when the guy says nobody got whacked who wasn't supposed to get whacked so you tourists come on down. LOL.

[@raghavjay9691]

4:54 “thats a good alibi Vinnie” 😂

[@shuvieify]

Thank you so much for this video. I am in Little Italy right now and having some amazing food and wine at Da Gennaro. I immediately noticed the establishment because of this video and looked for the bullet holes out front. On my way to find more of your tips! Next 176 1/2 Mulberry.

[@pat2e962]

Shuvie wish i knew you were there! I woulda bought u a drink since you so fine like wine and divine. 😍

[@victorcarrera6683]

I didn't know there were any Italians left in Little Italy.

[@alsoco2176]

it is all chinese now

[@FormerlyNYVulgarian]

@@alsoco2176 funny they were talking about that in Abel Ferrara’s China Girl (1987) and it became true today.

[@user-mk3mz8yn1r]

@@alsoco2176 fuckin shame

[@saikonihon2849]

I LOVE NY ITALIAN ACCENT (Brooklyn Style)!!!

[@MrFolgore]

TANK YOU FRATELLO,

[@MrFolgore]

VERY VERY MAFIA ACCENT.

[@saikonihon2849]

PREGO AMICO.

[@saikonihon2849]

Whatever you guys say it's mafia or untelligent acccent, I don't agree with you guys. Actually it is beautiful and cool accent! I love it! I guess it is because Italian language is too beautiful.

[@saikonihon2849]

No. Italian accent is the coolest accent. I really love it.

[@MonicaMovieStar]

The Little Italy section of New York City is shrinking all the time. They say there is very little left to see there now.

[@ghettomist1575]

+R. Steven Page mafia is still running

[@bodhitaichi]

+TheLawnfellaGuy Gambino's are deep, deep, deep in Bensonhurst today. Frankie Cali had his fruit company there and Greaseball Dom lives there with his mother. It's home base. Gambino's first. Lucchese's are more centered in the Bronx now, not that several don't live in Bhurst. Colombo's, I dunno about.

[@bodhitaichi]

+R. Steven Page True! Italians have the best food, rides and clothes by a mile.

[@MobHeataEnt]

Monica MovieStar I never been to it for that very reason. I've been to the one in the Bronx though.

[@brianpress1392]

In Reply to Monica Movie star, So TRUE, I'm sad to say. Actually The Whole Lower East Side, Changed, Greedy Landlords made So many Hi Rise buildings, making it Extremely Overcrowded with people. The city was Never this Crowded, Never, that's why there's Zoning Laws, but, of course, Nobody Ever Talks about that.They'd Rather Complain.

[@mackhopper]

Nick Raio looks like a younger version of Grand Pa (Al Lewis) from the “Munsters” (and “Car 54, Where Are You”). I’ve now learned that it is Lit’l Italy instead of Little Italy! By the way, the people, the business owners in Lit’l Italy, along Mulberry Street, they are great, accommodating, gracious people!!! Thanks, Nick & Vinnie

[@DeniseIreland-i1q]

The best food and beautiful Italian people! Blessings

[@keithlynch7239]

I had a vacation in New York about 20 years ago, but I didn't know of Little Italy. If I ever return there, I'm gonna visit Little Italy.. capiche!

[@ras124]

you kiddin?

[@ryanharrington6389]

Then u havent been to NYC. This little part of Mulberry has generated a ton of movies

[@burghgreek]

I visited there for the first time a few weeks ago. It is a beautiful neighborhood

[@johngotti4170]

I finally got to go to NYC and little Italy I went 2 times it was amazing the history the stores mr rossis

[@Luxie19]

Been to NY twice and little Italy is my favorite place to go 🇮🇹

[@JoePiervincentiWorld]

I used to sing in Cafe Palermo and Casa Bella, during the summer of 1995 when they had the mall.

[@sammymeatballs7069]

Loved Casa Bella

[@marcomiccoli3981]

Sono Stato due volte a new york fa piacere vedere e sentire la vecchia guardia italiamericani

[@Amunares]

Vinny is a sleek name Cant believe he is gone rip vinny

[@AbdullahAlrahbi]

Isn’t this guy jimmy Patrile from the sopranos?

[@bradnobl]

"Y'know just a coincidence every time these guys were being killed i was always out of town." "That's a good alibi Vinny."

[@stankycheesd4552]

lmao thats what i was thinking

[@Danuk1996]

RIP VINNIE

[@SuperKoreanzombie]

According to my criminologist lecturer who has alot of experience in this field, he says the government and media make out like the mafia is more powerful than they seem whereas his expert opinion is that all the ATTENTION has been focused on Italian American mafia (for political reasons) therefore other ethnic groups are largely unnoticed in terms of crime... BUT doesn't mean they're not just as powerful or even more powerful!

[@uwsgrrrl9981]

I hung out with wise guys in NYC in the 1970’s. They were super powerful. Every bar, nightclub, strip club, gay clubs, you name it were owned or run by the mob. The garment center, construction, the mob. Today, not so powerful.

[@KTtraintowin]

is the Umberto's in Wantagh ( nassau Co) owned by the same family as the former Umberto's Mulberry st? Thank you

[@FreeOpenTruth]

"The tennis match between those two guys? My guy won!" - Jimmy Petrille (Consigliere to John Sacromoni)

[@jackmehoff9654]

LMAO!

[@jamesstanley5259]

He was johnny sacs father's compadre

[@adamwiech4874]

Took my family there twice on vacation ,nice people there ,treat you excellent good food ,safe place

[@LUCKYB.]

Back in 82/83 Was a Restaurant in Little Italy that made their own pastrami at that time it was about 120 years old if I remember rite , and it was to die for . It was like 8 or 10 bucks at that time . I loved it so much I bough 6 pounds of it to eat on my way back to washington state .. I drove over the Road back in them days long haul trucker now I run midwest to west coast .. guess im gettin old .

[@nickholiadgregorio9774]

that little old lady he was talking to I used to go to her house a lot with my Grandmother

[@lionofusa1]

I was in NYC in 1995 on business and stopped by the Ravenite. I told them I was from a West Coast Crew. The man said "I DONT KNOW NOTTIN BOUT THAT". Then he said "Ask Your Questions"? Which I did. I got two free meals and everything I wanted. On the way out of Little Italy the man asks "Are you Happy"? I say Yeah. He then says "IF YOU ARE HAPPY I AM HAPPY"...Only on Mulberry Street.

[@Pendells_cards]

Love the old school guys and their stories.

[@FetchTheSled]

Poor Artie. "I never got my expenses from the last trip".

[@RochesterNY607]

Lololol "I have her the scaff"

[@stephencannon4421]

Artie could fuck up a cup of coffee

[@AsherPriddy]

Awesome! Definitely on my places to visit list

[@mrfugazi6713]

The ravonite was Mr Neil’s more than Gotti, Gotti just took it over and him and his underboss fucked it all up.

[@loveofthegame1517]

Joe Gallo was killed April 7th. April 7th is my birthday and a few guys from work on the midnight to 8am shift took me out to Umberto's Clam House (now Da Gennaro's) to celebrate. We were going to go on April 7th to celebrate but we had to change it to April 6th. They say timing is everything and I guess they are right!

[@AEFarnam]

When you actually visit little Italy, you realize how big Chinatown is and just how small it is. I mean one street passed and you could miss it. It lovely though.

[@davidfratus6978]

AWESOME VIDEO NICK AND VINNY

[@5eurocups2005]

"Well, then, from now on, I'm gonna start keeping records"

[@vincecambio1479]

5eurocups2005 what are you gonna do with records? Pay taxes?

[@harveyevans792]

No records Artie!

[@COYOTE165A]

Little italy my favorite place to go.? They forgot to mention "VINCENTS CLAMBAR.?' & " FERRARAS Bakery & Cafe.? Two of the best places in Little Italy.?

[@bodhitaichi]

+A REDTAIL Ferrrara's closed down a long time ago.

[@TheScouseassassin]

What part of the Soprano's was shot in the Mulberry Street Bar? 2.20 in.

[@EbenezarGold]

+TheScouseassassin It's where Phil Leotardo says "I'd like to do it over, boy. No compromise." looking at a picture of his brother and Johnny Sacks above the bar. Name of song being played near the end is"Evidently Chickentown"

[@TheScouseassassin]

***** Ahh yes, I remember the scene, thanks.

[@michelemanocchio1297]

M A N O C C H I O - tough and capable

[@hipfilms]

RIP Vinnie thanks for the laughs

[@houndsofroses3727]

His accent... is just.....

[@hackbenjamin7264]

These guys are fucking classic...hahaha ay vinny little it-lee

[@douglasvilledarling2935]

Sad to hear that. I regret not going sooner. Wish I had seen old italian/sicilian history

[@MadMax31577]

Something tells me that the New York crime wave hasn't affected Little Italy.

[@OfficialMunchiezAndMe]

that's a good alibi vinny !! 🤣 #respect

[@vwa9832]

lol i love these Italian guys.

[@Nic_Bandik]

They are not Italian, they're italian American

[@mustafaraza504]

They have Italian blood so...

[@TravelToTheWorldAaliyahtravel]

Thanks for upload ❤️NYC

[@lockness4057]

0:29 it written Albanese meats and poultry.... Albanese it means Albanian

[@myradioon]

Albanians immigrated to Italy. Also Greeks, which is why you see the name "Greco" and Spanish "Spagnolo" etc.

[@jennifersharinglifeonallsu7620]

I sure miss the good old days OMG & The Food.

[@marilynwillett804]

the food, THE FOOD.

[@stevenclegg5347]

I need a cwofeè and a fricking a bagle with a little cheese yo lol. Im from England and gotta love these guys. My grandad is italian has bought me up and my mum up on the godfather and pretty much every gangster film known. A bronx tale was my go to sleep movie as a kid. My grandad rubs his hands and I always remember that as a kid. and flies like a boss when you piss him off. My grandad at seventy got knicked, for punching a train attendent out and put him on house arrest. Legend....all I have to say my grandad is a ledge.

[@monkeyman8265]

Everything's so commercialized now a city of chain stores like every other county across the country.

[@atassaro]

I remember once seeing Vinny sitting outside the meat market on Elizabeth St. about 15 years ago.

[@LibertyAndUnion]

Vinny..you were "always outta town"? Perp. 😂

[@MrSurfingdreamer]

"Well, I know. I know one thing. After my father always telling me and everything else like that too. One thing you got to say about Little Italy. They always whacked who was supposed to get whacked and a tourist has never been whacked down here. So, feel free to come on down here. Enjoy your meal. Take in the sights."

[@JohnDoe-fs6lz]

La cosa nostra. These boys don’t screw around

[@72mossy]

Myself and my wife are making our first trip to US and New York for a few days, we're Irish. She want to visit Little Italy, hopefully Italian Irish relations are OK over there lol

[@vincentadams9569]

WOW!! So much has changed since my day as a kid the 6th ward is nothing but a tourist trap thrill seekers and no rooted people Yuppies!! I dated a girl from the 4th ward in my teens and early 20's back in the late 70's this was still an off limits Italian Neighborhood as was the 4th. I was back one time around 2008 I thought I was in a sort of LCN Disney!! I've never been back nor do I wish to ever go back!! Funny how are once simple but harsh lifestyle was once mocked by so many has now become a fashion spot and place to be seen!! Oh the times!!

[@jackiebonds4359]

My Father had a drink with Sinatra when he was filming " A Contract on Cherry St".

[@doal369]

Love it!!!!..definitivamente tengo que irrr

[@MrRp25]

Is Elizabeth St. in Little Italy?

[@FOUGEDDABOUDIT4509]

Yes of course it is. Runs the same way as mulberry st.

[@lowkey213]

Good thing about here is who ever got whacked was supposed to get whacked. Never any tourists getting whacked, so come on down! Lmaoooo love brute honesty, it's rare shit nowadays

[@mcabbz]

little it-lee

[@12345balla12345]

Lololol

[@LesterMoore]

Where's the place to go for the best gabbagool?

[@vinny57ish]

Nice video guy's. From this Bronx native to youse . Very nice. Ciao

[@TooLooze]

Nick sounds like Dustin Hoffman's Rico Rizzo character from Midnight Cowboy.

[@joannrodriguez104]

in love with these guys!

[@davidnewcomb2431]

I'm so obsessed with the Italian culture

[@josephxuereb1978]

This is not italian culture,its american,and real italians do not act like this😂

[@nickgiordano7876]

I like boat dez guyz

[@tomrossano3541]

This looks like Tony's place when I hung out there in the 1970's. Is it?

[@barringtonbing393]

Sounds like a ringing endorsement saying no civilians have been whacked in little italy..i thought the idea of being whacked was an attraction

[@markymark560]

That's so good. No tourists have ever been whacked so don't worry if your a tourist, feel free to come on down! I've been and it is lovely down there. I stayed on Lafayette.

[@virgil81nz]

Outstanding video.

[@MarcoQuelloConGliOcchiChiari]

Ma è Artie di Casinó?

[@ghostfac3182]

I wonder how many body litter the waters around NY

[@rosariomontana210]

SALUTI DALL'ITALIA !!! BUONA FORTUNA, BUONI AFFARI CON IL RISTORANTE !!!!!!

[@roddypampa3906]

Rosario Montana ma va.. montana??? Ma tu sei spagnol non italiano!!! Salute

[@MarcoQuelloConGliOcchiChiari]

Johnny Soprano 😳

[@kennylewis9151]

May OUR GOD RICHLY BLESS YOU..POTERA EO STARA SUO..FRATELLA

[@stickypool]

We're talking about organised crime groups working in urban areas so I wouldn't include the likes of Jesse James. You're right that the Italians weren't the first, The Irish Mob formed in the mid 1800s, you also had Jewish gangsters operating in New York at that time.

[@JJB0592]

RIP Joe Gallo, the man almost single hand-idly took on a boss

[@LookToGod]

Dont tell me what to do Jimmy

[@johnnybless33]

Italians on the block. Genes speak volumes. Mark it

[@lalitbarai]

What is their accent? I wanna learn it.

[@geeblanco]

I'm over here watching this video over here.

[@1_fishin_magician153]

" I was always out of town "...lol

[@BillyBob-jb3yy]

Best line this guy could fuck up a cup of coffee ☕️ lol

[@chickenstudios2361]

“When these guys got hit I was always out of town” *cough cough*

[@JohnDoe-fs6lz]

No snitching

[@j2times2006]

Vinny Vella seems like the kind of guy who could fuck up a cup of coffee.

[@5eurocups2005]

"They're not gonna make a fool out of me. I write it all down in this book. Every fucking nickel, it goes down right here. Receipts, bills, everything's here"

[@catherinerusso7842]

No, Vinny played the naive... “ who me? Act to the hilt. You don’t make millions of $$$ over the span of your career by effing up.

[@bskinny9009]

Best canolis are there, and best places to eat.

[@JB-lm5xt]

I ate there last week! That’s awesome

[@mrriz6658]

RIP Mr Vella

[@madeguy1118]

James "Jimmy" Petrille in the sopranos!

[@ginasmith5464]

miss New York man

[@TuMalditaMadre]

You ain't the only one

[@oochiewally2783]

this place sucks now...be happy you moved out...im not sure how you are..but if you remember the 80's ...thats how it is now

[@thevoice464]

vinny vella is the best