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Casey Stengel. The column also stated that the guest register had names of visitors from most states as well as from at least four foreign countries. When Colacci's opened, the alcove on the right of the building, which faced the street, contained a liquor store. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, this liquor store was operated by Laura Enrietto and was called Laura's Liquors. According to the Colacci family, this liquor store had to be discontinued due to state regulations that would not permit a state liquor license to be used for two businesses. An article in the April 17, 1966 Daily Camera Focus profiled the popular Colacci's Restaurant, stating: Tony Colacci is quite a guy. In 11 years he's built a small town Italian restaurant into a business that grosses almost one-third of a million dollars a year. Colacci's has customers from all over the state, the nation, the world. Those that can, come back.... The Italian food is all homemade, much of it by Tony himself. Last Saturday night the kitchen was packed with food in preparation for the Easter dinner rush. The walk-in cooler was piled high with steaks, and two tubs were coiled to the top with homemade sausage. Sixteen cases of bread lined the wall at the other end of the large, bustling kitchen. Ice boxes were filled with ravioli, spaghetti, and other good things. Colacci's feeds an average of 2,500 people each week, and the record for an eight -hour shift is 1,100 diners. The following 1966 photo accompanied the Daily Camera article: Rrtoto or tn. mP Drily [ by Rnn c r Tony (from left) and Rita Colacci and Pete Madonna of Colacci's Restaurant in Louisville. A Colacci's menu in the collection of the Louisville Historical Museum shows that the dining options included such dishes as spaghetti or ravioli with meatballs or sausage, steak, chicken cacciatori, veal parmesan, and shrimp scampi. 9