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La Guli
Pastry
Shop
Celebrates
70th
Anniversary
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(L. to r.): Concetta Notaro, wife of La Guli owner Rosario Notaro, Notaro, daughter Maria Notaro and City Councilmember Peter F. Vallone Jr., holding citation, at La Guli, the Notaro family's Ditmars Boulevard pastry shop. |
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City
Councilmember
Peter F.
Vallone
Jr. this
week
honored
La Guli
Pastry
Shop for
70 years
of
serving
delicious
treats
to
Astoria
residents.
Vallone
presented
the
owners
of La
Guli,
Rosario
Notaro
and his
family,
with a
City
Council
Citation
thanking
them for
their
many
years of
devoted
service
to the
community.
La Guli
is an
old-fashioned
Italian
pastry
shop
that
serves
everything
from
canoli
to
gelato.
Located
on
Ditmars
Boulevard
between
29th and
31st
streets,
La Guli,
known
for some
of the
best
desserts
in
Queens,
has been
a
neighborhood
landmark
for
generations
of
Astoria
residents.
"La
Guli
represents
everything
that is
good
about a
neighborhood
business.
For
seven
decades,
it has
been not
just a
place
where
people
buy
their
pastries,
but a
smiling
and
familiar
face on
the
block
that
stands
for a
quality
product
and
excellent
service,"
Vallone
said. "I
hope
they
will be
around
for
another
70
years."
The
Vallone
family
and La
Guli,
both
institutions
of
Astoria,
have had
a long
and
friendly
history
together.
Rosario
La Guli
was a
friend
of Judge
Charles
Vallone,
grandfather
of the
councilmember,
who
founded
the
Vallone
&
Vallone
law firm
75 years
ago.
While
growing
up in
Astoria,
Vallone
Jr.
played
Little
League
baseball
on the
I.C.Y.P.
team
sponsored
by La
Guli. |
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