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Frank Sinatra Was Constantly Ordering This Classic Italian Appetizer By Erica Martinez Sept. 11, 2025 9:20 am EST

Frank Sinatra was born in America to Italian immigrants. His mother was from the northwestern, coastal region of Liguria, and his father's family came from Sicily. It's assumed, then, that the musical legend grew up eating Italian food in his hometown of Hoboken, New Jersey. Sinatra's singing and acting career skyrocketed him to fame and sent him touring around the world, but throughout his life, he continually returned to the Italian food that he loved so much. Ol' Blue Eyes was famously connected to the New York City restaurant Patsy's, which he discovered shortly after it opened in 1944. Patsy's owners, the Scognamillo family, have been open about the dis

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