Next Wednesday, in a modest space off Columbus Avenue, Joseph and Cynthia Germanotta plan to open Joanne Trattoria, an Italian restaurant with a well-stocked front bar, a cozy back patio and seating for about 70 people.
The venture has been both bolstered and complicated by a simple fact: the Germanottas’ daughter Stefani, better known as Lady Gaga, is perhaps the most famous woman in the world.
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The fare will be Southern Italian, Ms. Germanotta said, in the sense that Mr. Smith is Southern and the Germanottas are Italian. Papa G’s chicken, named for Mr. Germanotta, will most likely be offered.
Entrees will cost about $25 to $30, Mr. Germanotta said.
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Renderings of the Tuscan countryside adorn the walls. Near the fireplace at the entrance, family photos hang above a front booth.
But the Germanottas said they were unsure whether to include a picture of their famous daughter. Perhaps, Ms. Germanotta mused, they could find an older shot in which the singer is recognizable only up close.
Mr. Germanotta agreed. “If they’re expecting to come in here and see Grammys and pictures and stuff like that, it’s not going to happen,” he said.
Seems sad that they would just leave her out of the family photos. Why not just include it, satisfy the fans who came to see her family, and have the picture over the fireplace be the only sign of her?
$25-$30 is hardly unreasonable for a nice meal in a city as expensive as New York. I'd love to go one day but it'll probably be a few years before I can afford to go to New York
it's obvious he doesn't want fans there.
