Anthony Salvatore, former owner of Hoboken pizzeria, remembered for his adore of Italian heritage and household

Anthony Salvatore, the former proprietor of Filippo’s on First Pizzeria in Hoboken, died Saturday. He was 46.

Salvatore, who battled lymphoma for six years, was an “old soul” who embraced his Italian heritage and a like for foodstuff, cherished kinds wrote on a GoFundMe site made in his memory.

The web site, which has a intention of raising $50,000 to assist Salvatore’s spouse and three sons, has raised additional than $32,000 in just three times.

A North Bergen indigenous, Salvatore graduated from North Bergen High College and went on to possess two Italian dining places: Filippo’s on First Pizzeria, between Willow and Park avenues, and later, Casa Azzurri Italian Cafe in Madison.

Clients raved on Yelp about the specialty pies and flavorful sauce at Filippos, which hardly ever reopened after suffering substantial flooding in Superstorm Sandy.

“Hoboken has great pizza but Almost nothing compares to filippo’s,” one particular individual wrote on Yelp, begging for the pizzeria to reopen.

Despite the fact that it shut for fantastic, Salvatore opened his cafe in Madison and dealt with his 3 children to Italian food at dwelling in East Hanover, in accordance to his Hancliffe Home for Funerals obituary.

“Proud of his Italian-American heritage, he took pride in the annual Columbus Working day parade and loved ones celebrations that followed,” it claims. “The real definition of a family gentleman, Anthony created it a position to go alongside all those affiliated traditions and values to his little ones like: creating meatballs for Sunday gravy, overseeing Tomato Day, making struffoli and do-it-yourself wine and taking part in the Italian card recreation, Scopa.”

He is survived by his wife Christina Salvatore, his sons Domenico, Angelo and Antonio, his sister Tina Wright and his brothers Giuluio Salvatore and Marc Salvatore.