Jacket
Object number2013.39.9
Date1986-2003
OriginUnited States of America
MediumLeather/Cotton/Nylon
Credit LineGift of Joseph Costanzo, Jr.
DescriptionLight blue satin jacket. White and blue striped collar, sleeve cuffs, and bottom edge. Seven blue metal snap buttons down front. Two side pockets. White embroidered restaurant name on proper left breast and wearer's name on proper right. Reverse side has text of white patches that spell the restaurant name; embroidered in blue on white patch area below text is place name. Maker label inside collar, printed in green and black.Dimensions26 x 18.25 x 24.5 in. (66 x 46.4 x 62.2 cm)InscriptionsWhite embroidery on proper left breast: "The Primadonna / Restaurant / & / Lounge"; proper right breast: "Donna".
Reverse side has text of white patches: "The / Primadonna"; embroidered in blue on white patch area below text: "Stowe Twp."
MarksLabel inside collar, printed in green and black "DRAFTED WITH PRIDE IN THE U.S.A. / windless / SPECIAL / EDITION" followed by black stamps: "SES2515 / 1636"; "S / JOB1153"; reverse side care instructions and product information.
Historical NotesOwner Joseph Costanzo, Jr., opened The Primadonna Restaurant, named after his wife Donna, in McKees Rocks in 1986 and ran it until 2003, when he sold the restaurant to John Welsh, former owner of Welsh's on the Rocks. Offering Italian cuisine from Abruzzo and Calabria, Costanzo stylized the peasant fare of his parents' native regions in Italy into up-scale cuisine served on a white linen tablecloth. He won multiple awards for his 83 seat restaurant, including The Pittsburgh Post Gazette's 1990 Restaurateur of the Year, the International Geneva Association's 1995 Restaurateur of the Year, the DiRoNA Award (Distinguished Restaurants of North America), and was named one of America's Top Ten Italian Restaurants in 2002 by the International Restaurant and Hospitality Rating Bureau. Locally, The Primadonna Restaurant was voted the best Italian restaurant in Western Pennsylvania by the readers of Pittsburgh Magazine, Pittsburgh City Paper, and The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Nationally, it was written up in the pages of Playboy Magazine, The New York Daily News, and Mid-Atlantic Country Magazine.
Related institution
The Primadonna Restaurant
Related person
Joseph Costanzo Jr.
Previous owner
Donna Costanzo
On View
Not on view
c. 1973
c. 1957
c. 1970