Apron
Object number2013.39.10
Date1986-2003
OriginUnited States of America
MediumCotton/Polyester/Plastic
Credit LineGift of Joseph Costanzo, Jr.
DescriptionLight blue twill (cotton and polyester) apron. Sleeveless; fits over head and rests on shoulders, front and back sides covered with two ties on each side for tightening. Waist has decorative belt in blue, accented with pink with two plastic pink buttons. Lower half of front of apron has three pockets. Maker tag in collar.Dimensions31 x 20 in. (78.7 x 50.8 cm)MarksTag in collar with red and blue print "Fashion Sea / Shane / -R-"; to right of text in a circle pattern, "CREATED WITH PRIDE / IN U.S.A." with star in center of circle.
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.
Related person
Donna Costanzo
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