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John DiStefano

Pasta, Pesci, and Puccini at The Victor Cafe

By Meridee Duddleston • Jan 5, 2014

Cities beyond Philadelphia may have restaurants with operatic themes and even singing servers, but how many are the outgrowth of a gramophone shop?  The walls of The Victor Cafe are full of reminders of a time when recording artists signed autographs at the shop or came in to sing.

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