Goodfellas Restorante Two Authors Two Memoirs Columbus Day Weekend Event
Sun, Oct 12
|Garfield
"One unforgettable night of mob tales, New Jersey nostalgia, and the behind the scenes stories you won't hear anywhere else." Michael Monaco and Jon D'Amore
Time & Location
Oct 12, 2025, 6:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Garfield, 661 Midland Ave, Garfield, NJ 07026, USA
About The Event
Where The Sopranos Meets Real Life—at the Legendary Goodfellas Restaurant, It’s a Sit-down…
This Columbus Day Weekend, join two celebrated Italian-American authors—John Damore and Mike Monaco—for an unforgettable evening of true stories, wiseguy history, and old-school Jersey grit.
Hosted at Goodfellas Restaurant—owned by a real-life actor from the Goodfellas movie, who named the place after the film that helped make this restaurant famous—this event is as authentic as it gets. It’s a place where the food is classic, the stories are real, and the walls have heard things.
D’Amore and Monaco, both with deep Italian roots and firsthand experience growing up around the mob in New Jersey, will be reading from their books, sharing never-told tales, and taking questions from the audience. This is more than a reading—it’s a sit-down.
Books will be available for purchase and signing. Come for the stories, stay for the food, and leave with a…