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Chubby Thug Bada-Binged From Mob Eateries

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 2, 2009 6:27 AM CDT

(Newser) – A chubby mobster has been barred from eating at New York restaurants known as Mafia hangouts, reports the New York Post. Anthony "Fat Tony" Rabito, 75, was just paroled on gambling, extortion, and racketeering charges, and he can no longer chow down at a string of wise guy spots, his probation officer has warned him. Seems like hard times are just beginning for the reputed consigliere of the Bonanno crime family.

Skipping one seafood spot very near his Brooklyn home is going to be especially tough, he tells friends. "I used to go there three, four times a week," he grumbled. "They got great mussels."

Kiss it goodbye, wise guy.
Kiss it goodbye, wise guy.   (©Canadacow)
The great mussels place near Fat Tony's Willimasburg home is a thing of the past for the paroled con.
The "great mussels" place near "Fat Tony's" Willimasburg home is a thing of the past for the paroled con.   (©phunkstarr)
Fat Tony Rabito is going to have to give up some of his favorites.
"Fat Tony" Rabito is going to have to give up some of his favorites.   (©vmiramontes)
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COMMENTS
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gabo
Aug 2, 2009 11:51 AM CDT
You mean he doesn't like the Olive Garden?
iamacidangel
Aug 2, 2009 4:25 AM CDT
Haha, classic.
SalParadise
Aug 2, 2009 3:08 AM CDT
This is the funniest story I've read all week. If I hadn't known I were on Newser, I would have thought for sure it was an Onion piece.

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