What all was in the building? Dinardo's (of course) and I believe it was Vince Sotile's (or was it Gus') when it was built - but wasn't it operating as another restaurant or two along the way?

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Posted by Trout Bandit

Baton Rouge, LA

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Posted on 11/27/20 at 9:00 pm to potent357

Before Dinardo’s and after Vince Sotile’s it was TJ’s Highland House.

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Posted by geauxpurple

New Orleans

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Posted on 11/27/20 at 11:12 pm to potent357

I have been going there since 1983 and am still going there. I will miss Ruffin.

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Posted by montana

Bozeman, MT

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Posted on 11/27/20 at 11:14 pm to Trout Bandit

At the base of the Sunshine Bridge, there is an identical building as Ruffinos’s. We looked at it years ago.

Ruffinos has changed over the last 15 years, but someone built two of the same restaurants. My guess is Vince Sotile.

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Posted by fightin tigers

Downtown Prairieville

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Posted on 11/27/20 at 11:39 pm to montana

The road that runs alongside Ruffino's is Sotile Lane or Street so that makes sense.

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Posted by skyisfalln

Member since May 2013

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Posted on 11/27/20 at 11:53 pm to potent357

Perhaps Highland House at some point? Definitely Dinardo’s and Sotile’s.

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Posted by Amadeo

Member since Jan 2004

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Posted on 11/28/20 at 7:49 am to Trout Bandit

quote:
Vince Sotile

His family was from Corleone, Sicily which I had assumed was a fictional town.

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Posted by Dominate308

South Florida

Member since Jan 2013

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Posted on 11/28/20 at 7:05 pm to Amadeo

Vince was Mafia. All the Mafia guys ate there it was straight out of Goodfellas. Families had their own tables. If it was Sunday after church, you didn’t just roll randomly in and eat.

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