Depot Cafe Inc Silvestro's

In 1936 a young lady named Jenny Silvestro and a gentleman known as Nick Carlucci invested in an Inn on Railroad St. in Painesville called the New York Central Hotel. They remodeled the first floor, putting in a bar and a small kitchen and leased ten sleeping rooms on the second floor, primarily to the railroad workers and travelers that arrived and departed from the station across the street. The appropriately named Depot Café was born. It quickly became a favorite for the mostly Italian North end of Painesville, serving pizza, pasta, and sandwiches to their patrons. There was a pool table and also a room where a card game or possibly a little dice might be thrown around (strictly for entertainment purposes only, mind you). So after the War, Jenny’s sons-Lucian and Jerry arrived home from the Pacific and entered into the Family business which had expanded with the opening of the Lakeside Dine and Dance in Township Park. Lucian and Nick handled the Bar and service end of the business while Jerry learned all the secrets of the kitchen at his mother’s knee.