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Bobby “Bobo” English , Jr Not to be confused with his dad Bobby “Taz” English , Sr. Someone actually calls him "Booboo" on that memorial site thingy. Close enough to "Bobo" I guess. :) Any theories on why he was killed and OC connection? Looks like he was a 12th st guy. Maybe st...

So Vena no longer holds court at Richard's, do I have that right? Yesterday I asked my Chicago homie Pericles Abbasi if he'd ever been to Richard's (he has). I don’t know. I don’t go to Richard’s and just see Bobby Dominic on the street in front of Richard’s. I haven’t been in there in probably 3 y...

I’m not in the know as to current guys in that area in any way myself. I go back to visit family but have lived in NYC for a long time now. People tell me that they see guys that look the part at Imperial’s, Vinnie’s, Salerno’s, etc. — and that they see people occasionally in the old HSAC as well —...

I’m not in the know as to current guys in that area in any way myself. I go back to visit family but have lived in NYC for a long time now. People tell me that they see guys that look the part at Imperial’s, Vinnie’s, Salerno’s, etc. — and that they see people occasionally in the old HSAC as well —...

I’m not in the know as to current guys in that area in any way myself. I go back to visit family but have lived in NYC for a long time now. People tell me that they see guys that look the part at Imperial’s, Vinnie’s, Salerno’s, etc. — and that they see people occasionally in the old HSAC as well —...

Family Secrets was overblown, as they never charged John DiFronzo, Marco D’Amico, The Caruso brothers, or Mike Sarno. Marcello was the one really big loss to the Outfit from FS, right? Lombardo too I guess, though it's unclear to me how important he was to the Outfit by that point. Sounds like Chic...

Sounds like Chicago is doing pretty well. The demise was greatly exaggerated? No one really knows. Family Secrets was overblown, as they never charged John DiFronzo, Marco D’Amico, The Caruso brothers, or Mike Sarno. No one knows if DiFronzo was the boss or basically acted as a power broker who onl...

I used to walk past Richards every day on my commute to work. I've tied one on with Bobby numerous times and he's always been a super nice guy. I've never mentioned the mob or anything like that, but he's bought me countless drinks over the years and always been super friendly. I worked in politics...

I used to walk past Richards every day on my commute to work. I've tied one on with Bobby numerous times and he's always been a super nice guy. I've never mentioned the mob or anything like that, but he's bought me countless drinks over the years and always been super friendly. I worked in politics...

Some of this was in Scott’s reporting, but a couple years ago there were constant rumors and chatter about the feds really going after Vena and the grand Avenue crew. As we all know, they were able to get some key members with operation crew, cut, and the Chucky Russell thing, but Vena was left uns...

Richard’s basically said fuck you to lockdown, so Bobby Dominic has definitely got some pull somewhere in the city. The matter of smoking in Chicago has its own glorious Wikipedia page and unless I'm misreading this or the info is bad the smoking in Richards that random internet reviewers seem to l...

Used to the Bridgeport social clubs where if you even stop by and tie your shoe someone’s coming out and telling you to move along. You have to wonder if there are any dopey mob fanboy tourists who actually go to where those clubs are, snoop around in the area, and get chased by the guys in the clu...

I checked the search and this has been posted before it looks like, but it was new to me so I'm reposting it in case anyone missed it. It's a delightful Louis Rainone TV commercial, made by some production company called (groan) "Mobbed Up Records". Real subtle, Louie. https://www.youtube...

The BHF is now open to guests. Anyone can come on here. I’m personally not keen to have guys’ names connected to allegations of serious criminal activity when there is nothing to substantiate this in the public record. It’s different when we’re discussing the criminal background of guys like Carpar...

I mean, i am not a tourist i live in the city and have spent plenty of bored days driving past active social clubs to see if anything is going on lol I probably would too if I lived in Chicago. Hell I already admitted to being guilty of this myself in Buffalo. :D I might check out Capri as a bucket...