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In Loving Memory of John Lucchese: A Tribute to the Man Behind Lucchese's Italian Restaurant

In Loving Memory of John Lucchese: A Tribute to the Man Behind Lucchese's Italian Restaurant

He taught me as he peeled vegetables and poured wine

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The first time I talked to John Lucchese was an interview for a feature story in The Elkhart Truth about the hidden gems on restaurant menus.

People I worked with told me I had to find out about the chicken linguine salad at Lucchese’s Italian Restaurant, which John and his wife, Kathy, started in August 1982.

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