09/29/2023
FAREWELL MESSAGE FROM RICK CONDI JR:
Well today is the day. The final day of Paisanos Pizza Pub as we know it. Every emotion has run through my head today, the good times, the bad times. Paisano's is all that I've known since I was one years old. So many countless memories of my childhood has that place in it. I wish I had memories of my uncle Sonny but I sadly don't. I was too young when he was killed. The memories I have with my grandparents, watching them cook in the kitchen and put smiles on people's faces. All the years my mother busted her ass bartending and my dad doing what he did best, holding up the bar stool on the other side lol. I remember going down there when I was young with the flashlight looking all around the floor for change that people dropped from the night before. All the years my sister and I worked down there. Have met so many great people through the years at Paisano's most of them are not here anymore. And new generations of people through the years. It has all been great. Too many people to name that kept the place going through all these years. Much respect love and appreciation to everyone. I want to give a special thanks to Danny Coder. Oh you're not here anymore. You were so well loved and respected for all the heart and soul that you put into Paisano's. You were definitely the backbone for the last 30 years. Special thanks to Randy Cloud in the Dark World. Couldn't have done it without you, all with all the tournaments and leagues we've had out of the bar. April Mae Turner DeHart and Jeremy DeHart, thank you guys for all the Kick-Ass tournaments you ran, and everyone else who ran the tournaments for us.. A special thanks to John Kelley and James Kerrigan and Tri-Tone music for always putting on bad ass shows. Much love and appreciation to you also. To all our customers and the friends and family we have made and all the workers through the years. There are too many to name but thank you so much Tim Armstrong, Margaret Krumm, Emiliee Slone . Thank you Randy Grove, thank you for helping whenever we needed it. Keith White, you rock brother. Thank you for always being there, always cleaning, doing our jobs whenever we needed it. I want to give a very special thanks Dee Marie Condi. I couldn't have done any of this without you. You have been my rock. You kept me together when my dad passed away. You're always by my side, through the good and bad and I love you. If I personally forgot to name anybody, I am very sorry. There's too many great people workers, customers, friends, family. I don't mean to leave anybody out. Everybody's much appreciated. With that being said, trying to hold back tears and with the heavy heart, it's time for my family and I to move on to the next chapter in our lives. Thanks again everyone for all the memories and support love you all!! xoxo
-- Rick
