Founder of beloved Raleigh Italian restaurant dies
Dick "Amedeo" DeAngelis came to North Carolina State University from Reading, Penn. in 1954 on a football scholarship.
Posted — UpdatedDick "Amedeo" DeAngelis came to North Carolina State University from Reading, Pa. in 1954 on a football scholarship. After missing his family's home-cooking, he decided to open a small restaurant featuring some of his mother's and grandmother's homemade Italian recipes.
Amedeo's opened in 1963 and has become a haven for Italian food lovers and N.C. State fans.
The restaurant said DeAngelis died Wednesday morning after several years of declining health. Funeral arrangements are pending.
"While I never got to meet him, he's still a great and influential person," said Chloe Johnson, who works at the restaurant. "Obviously, we wouldn't have this without him."
"You just can't go to Walmart and get this stuff," Johnson added. "It comes from the heart. It comes to the soul."
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