Villa Gargano dish selected among state’s favorites

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July 9, 2017

John Gargano took over the Villa Gargano restaurant on Slappey Drive in Albany when his father, John Pasquale Gargano, passed away in 1984. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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“Georgia Eats,” distributed by the state department of Economic Development, selects Villa Gargano’s baked spaghetti as one of the state’s favorite local dishes.

Both John Gargano, seated, and David Rush are third-generation fixtures at the popular Villa Gargano restaurant in Albany. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

John Gargano’s baked spaghetti dish was selected by Georgia Eats magazine as one of the state’s annual “100 Plates Locals Love.” The Villa Gargano dish was nominated by a regular diner at the restaurant. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

John Gargano’s Villa Gargano restaurant in Albany serves “old family dishes” at its North Slappey Drive location. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

An impressive selection of wines and a cappuccino machine are part of the charm of the Villa Gargano Italian restaurant in Albany. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

John Daniel Gargano serves freshly made baked spaghetti at his Villa Gargano restaurant Saturday. The dish was selected by Georgia Eats, a magazine produced by the Tourism Division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, as one of the state’s annual “100 Plates Locals Love.” (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

Gargano Italian restaurants — and the Gargano name — are landmarks in Albany. The family came from Italy in 1940, and the first restaurant bearing the family’s name opened in east Albany in 1957. (Staff Photo: Carlton Fletcher)

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Carlton Fletcher

Except for a brief period, Albany Herald Editor Carlton Fletcher has been a newspaperman, working as Sports Writer/Columnist for the weekly Ocilla Star, as Sports Writer/Sports Editor with The Tifton Gazette, and as Sports Writer/Copy Editor/News Reporter/Features Editor and Editor of the paper. He has won numerous awards for sports, news, business and column writing, including a first-place Business Writing award in last year’s Georgia Press Association awards competition.

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Villa Gargano dish selected among state’s favorites

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