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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO THE MARZILLI FAMILY FOR

MORE THAN SIX DECADES OF WONDERFUL MEMORIES AND DELIZIOSO FINE

DINING AT MARZILLI'S OLD CANTEEN

     Introduced By: Representatives J. Lombardi, Shekarchi, Blazejewski, Chippendale,
Paplauskas, Nardone, Roberts, Newberry, Fascia, and Santucci

     Date Introduced: January 23, 2025

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, With heavy hearts, Rhode Islanders and visitors to Providence’s Federal

Hill are bidding farewell to Marzilli’s Old Canteen, a local landmark and a gustoso “Italian

Tradition”; and

     WHEREAS, A legendary Federal Hill landmark, the Old Canteen was founded in 1956

by Joe Marzilli, and over the past twenty years, has been operated by his son, Sal; and

     WHEREAS, The Old Canteen employed the wondrous flavors of Italy to evoke feelings

of warmth, family, and togetherness to all who passed through their doors; and

     WHEREAS, In 2002, Joe Marzilli was honored as a "Culinary Legend" by Johnson &

Wales University for his classic bowls of pasta fagioli and escarole and beans, as well as iconic

cacciatores, lasagnas and braciole, which were favored traditional grandma dishes always on the

menu; and

     WHEREAS, Throughout the years, hundreds of national and state celebrities and

thousands of local citizens and officials dined and gathered at the Old Canteen; and

     WHEREAS, Generations of Rhode Island regulars at the restaurant have celebrated

family events at what they considered to be their family’s second dining room, often making it

nearly impossible to get a table reservation on a Friday or Saturday evening; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

joins countless admirers and classic Italian foodies in thanking the Marzilli Family for almost

seventy years of "the smell of garlic, the sizzle of olive oil, and the warmth of a good meal" and

wishing them the best in all their future endeavors; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Sal Marzilli and Family.

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