In 1967, he moved to Philadelphia, where he met wife-to-be Anna Montefusco at a dance in South Philly. He picked up new ideas and recipes at the different ports of call, including the U.S. After joining the Italian navy, Giuseppe became a ship’s cook. Giuseppe, the oldest of seven children, helped his mother cook the Mediterranean seafood his fisherman father brought home for dinner. Giuseppe Martuscelli grew up in Santa Maria di Castellabate, a seaside Italian town near Salerno. But it hasn’t been a smooth journey.Īnna and Giuseppe Martuscelli (center) with kids and grandkids during the Restaurant Group’s 40th anniversary celebration. Over four decades, the family and their businesses have infiltrated customers’ hearts and become interwoven in their life stories. Holdings also include Klondike Kate’s Restaurant & Bar in Newark, and the Chesapeake Inn (turned 25 in July) and Shipwatch Inn Bed & Breakfast in Chesapeake City. More than 40 years later, La Casa Pasta is the flagship of the Martuscelli Restaurant Group. The antipasto was “generous,” the house-made lasagna was “exceptional,” and the zabaglione was “delicious.” In all, the food and service were “very good.” “I have never had them as good as any restaurant this side of the Pennsylvania Line, and rarely on the other,” he wrote. The taciturn News Journal critic ordered mussels fra diavolo. The Martuscellis had scraped together $20,000 to make La Casa Pasta their own. On New Year’s Eve 1977, not a single customer had stepped through the door. After three months, their partners had pulled out, citing concerns about the area’s viability. The couple had relocated from Philadelphia to Glasgow, Del., to open a small Italian restaurant. It was the summer of 1978, and Giuseppe and Anna Martuscelli were worried. Gianmarco and his grandfather Giovanni Martuscelli, 1989.
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