Andrea’s

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Andrea’s, September 22, 2011

dcs_p]Dinner at Andrea Apuzzo’s place in Metairie–my former hometown outside of New Orleans. Andrea’s is a class act, a swank dining-room with intimate lighting, and the food is some of the best you’ll get in this town. Some of the waiters have an attitude, but they’re not like that with me. So it’s me and Victor, my cousin, Anthony, and a couple of guys I do business with. We’ve got two bottles of Chianti going, along with the calamari, mussels, and vongole. We’re in no hurry to order, enjoying the appetizers, and having a swell time until the Feds show.[/dcs_p]Somehow, they finagle their way to the next table, two stiffs in cheap suits, a glass of the lightest, cheapest wine for one, his partner drinking Coke. I’m pretty sure they’re following Anthony and not me, but after all these years and the grand jury indictments that fizzled in the courtroom, you’d think they would have moved on to bigger fish. But the Feds have a little bit of the conspiracy theory bug. Scraping the barrel and coming up empty, they always think there’s more. How else can they justify the frivolous wasting of taxpayers money?[/dcs_p][dcs_p]Andrea’s was written in the voice of Patricia Bellomo’s main character, mobster Louie Morelli. Bellomo’s books available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and on all e-readers.