While her name didn’t appear on the signage, much of Big Fred’s success can be attributed to Rose Cascio, whose brothers opened one of the city’s oldest steakhouses. Rose was the daughter of a large Sicilian family that emigrated from Carlentini. Like many others, they settled in the Little Italy neighborhood, and her father, Filadelfo, … Continue reading Fred and Rose Bruning’s Big Fred’s Pizza Garden & Lounge