by PolackTony » Tue Apr 08, 2025 11:14 am
NorthBuffalo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 08, 2025 10:00 am
Polack question for you or others - is James 'Jimmy' Sarno who had owned Club 30 in Cicero related to Mike Sarno? Asking as I notice Club 30 became 'Errico's' after James retired and was frequently used as the spot where Mark Polchan and Mike Sarno's burglary crews would meet and hold court according to court documents.
https://obituaries.mysuburbanlife.com/u ... d=29385347
Longtime Club 30 owner James Thomas Sarno was a paternal uncle of Mike Sarno -- a younger brother of Mike Sarno's dad, Michael John Sarno Sr. Note that the Sarno, Albano (Mike Sarno had Albanaos on both sides of his family), and Amabile families all hail from the comune of Bracigliano, Salerno, also a core hometown in Springfield, MA, where these surnames also recurr in connection to the mob. Additionally, Solly D and Bobby Dominic also have partial ancestry from Bracigliano.
Jimmy's Club 30 was, as you note, renamed Errico's Club 30 after James Sarno retried. I'm not sure offhand who exactly took ownership of the bar, but I'd imagine that the joint remained within the family and that the name references another brother of James Sarno, Enrico "Harry" Sarno. For those unfamiliar with Club 30, it was a longtime mobbed-up bar in Cicero, on Roosevelt, just west of Central and across the street from the Chicago neighborhood known as "The Island", which historically had a large Italian population contiguous with that of the northern part of Cicero. Just down the street is the longstanding Albano's Pizzeria, I believe also owned by Sarno relatives.
From an older post on this thread. Apart from the ancestry from towns like Bracigliano and Acerra (DeLaurentis and Inendino families, along with many others in Chicago), the Rovitos are, of course, "second wave" immigrants from the same part of Cosenza province that Mike Sarno and Solly D also have partial ancestry from. As I've stressed before, most people in the orbit of the current day Chicago mob are relatives and/or compaesani of one degree or another, in addition to ongoing and more recent intermarriages happening in the younger generations.
PolackTony wrote: ↑Sun Apr 24, 2022 11:55 am
Eugene Joseph Albano, operator of Albano Bakery on North Ave in Elmwood Park and close associate of Paul Ricca and Guido DeChiaro, was born in 1929 in Chicago to Giuseppe Albano and Emilia Sarno. Giuseppe was from Bracigliano, Salerno, while Emilia was born in Chicago to parents from Bracigliano. Her mother was an Amabile, and the parents of Joe Shine Amabile were also from Ricigliano; very likely they were related. The Albanos lived near Oakley and Harrison in the Western part of the Taylor St Patch. The Albanos operated the original Albano Bakery at Taylor and Western for decades and opened the second location in Elmwood Park in the 1950s. Eugene Albano's sister Fortuna/Frieda Albano married Anthony Bombacino, brother of Louie Bombacino. I believe that Albano Bakery in Elmwood Park was originally run by Anthony Bombacino and Frieda Albano, and subsequently taken over by Eugene (possibly after Anthony Bombacino died in 1964). Under Eugene, the bakery was a well-known hangout for Outfit figures like Ricca and DeChiaro.
As stated, it's very likely that Albano was related to Joe Amabile (some old info on Albano Bakery stated that Eugene Albano had a cousin who was a member of the mob; that may well have been Joe Shine). A more recent connection is Mike Sarno. Again, Eugene's mother was Emilia Sarno. I have Mike Sarno's father as Michael John Sarno of Cicero. Mike, Sr was the son of Salvatore Sarno and Rosa Albano of Bracigliano, who settled in Cicero after arriving in Chicago in the 1920s. So, very possible that Mike Sarno, Sr was a cousin of Eugene Albano on both sides of their families. But that's only part of it. Fat Mike's mother was Concetta Aiello (don't get excited -- no relation), born in Chicago to Francesco Aiello of Rende, Cosenza province, and Luigia Albano, of Bracigiliano and the older sister of Emilia Sarno, Eugene Albano's mother.
Also worth noting, given Fat Mike's connection to Solly D, that although the DeLaurentis family goes back to Acerra, Solly D's maternal grandfather was Bartolomeo Moccio, of Bracigliano. Like Fat Mike's maternal grandfather, Solly D's maternal grandmother's ancestry was from Rende, Cosenza.
[quote=NorthBuffalo post_id=291826 time=1744131654 user_id=8087]
Polack question for you or others - is James 'Jimmy' Sarno who had owned Club 30 in Cicero related to Mike Sarno? Asking as I notice Club 30 became 'Errico's' after James retired and was frequently used as the spot where Mark Polchan and Mike Sarno's burglary crews would meet and hold court according to court documents.
https://obituaries.mysuburbanlife.com/us/obituaries/chicagosuburbannews/name/james-sarno-obituary?id=29385347
[/quote]
Longtime Club 30 owner James Thomas Sarno was a paternal uncle of Mike Sarno -- a younger brother of Mike Sarno's dad, Michael John Sarno Sr. Note that the Sarno, Albano (Mike Sarno had Albanaos on both sides of his family), and Amabile families all hail from the comune of Bracigliano, Salerno, also a core hometown in Springfield, MA, where these surnames also recurr in connection to the mob. Additionally, Solly D and Bobby Dominic also have partial ancestry from Bracigliano.
Jimmy's Club 30 was, as you note, renamed Errico's Club 30 after James Sarno retried. I'm not sure offhand who exactly took ownership of the bar, but I'd imagine that the joint remained within the family and that the name references another brother of James Sarno, Enrico "Harry" Sarno. For those unfamiliar with Club 30, it was a longtime mobbed-up bar in Cicero, on Roosevelt, just west of Central and across the street from the Chicago neighborhood known as "The Island", which historically had a large Italian population contiguous with that of the northern part of Cicero. Just down the street is the longstanding Albano's Pizzeria, I believe also owned by Sarno relatives.
From an older post on this thread. Apart from the ancestry from towns like Bracigliano and Acerra (DeLaurentis and Inendino families, along with many others in Chicago), the Rovitos are, of course, "second wave" immigrants from the same part of Cosenza province that Mike Sarno and Solly D also have partial ancestry from. As I've stressed before, most people in the orbit of the current day Chicago mob are relatives and/or compaesani of one degree or another, in addition to ongoing and more recent intermarriages happening in the younger generations.
[quote=PolackTony post_id=226432 time=1650826549 user_id=6658]
Eugene Joseph Albano, operator of Albano Bakery on North Ave in Elmwood Park and close associate of Paul Ricca and Guido DeChiaro, was born in 1929 in Chicago to Giuseppe Albano and Emilia Sarno. Giuseppe was from Bracigliano, Salerno, while Emilia was born in Chicago to parents from Bracigliano. Her mother was an Amabile, and the parents of Joe Shine Amabile were also from Ricigliano; very likely they were related. The Albanos lived near Oakley and Harrison in the Western part of the Taylor St Patch. The Albanos operated the original Albano Bakery at Taylor and Western for decades and opened the second location in Elmwood Park in the 1950s. Eugene Albano's sister Fortuna/Frieda Albano married Anthony Bombacino, brother of Louie Bombacino. I believe that Albano Bakery in Elmwood Park was originally run by Anthony Bombacino and Frieda Albano, and subsequently taken over by Eugene (possibly after Anthony Bombacino died in 1964). Under Eugene, the bakery was a well-known hangout for Outfit figures like Ricca and DeChiaro.
As stated, it's very likely that Albano was related to Joe Amabile (some old info on Albano Bakery stated that Eugene Albano had a cousin who was a member of the mob; that may well have been Joe Shine). A more recent connection is Mike Sarno. Again, Eugene's mother was Emilia Sarno. I have Mike Sarno's father as Michael John Sarno of Cicero. Mike, Sr was the son of Salvatore Sarno and Rosa Albano of Bracigliano, who settled in Cicero after arriving in Chicago in the 1920s. So, very possible that Mike Sarno, Sr was a cousin of Eugene Albano on both sides of their families. But that's only part of it. Fat Mike's mother was Concetta Aiello (don't get excited -- no relation), born in Chicago to Francesco Aiello of Rende, Cosenza province, and Luigia Albano, of Bracigiliano and the older sister of Emilia Sarno, Eugene Albano's mother.
Also worth noting, given Fat Mike's connection to Solly D, that although the DeLaurentis family goes back to Acerra, Solly D's maternal grandfather was Bartolomeo Moccio, of Bracigliano. Like Fat Mike's maternal grandfather, Solly D's maternal grandmother's ancestry was from Rende, Cosenza.
[/quote]