The Dennistoun restaurant has been a fixture in the east end since being opened by Carmine and Amalia Coia, Italian immigrants from the small settlement of Filignano, in the Isernia province south of Rome, in 1928. Their son, Nicky Coia, and wife Ena took over in the 1950s before ownership was transferred to Alfredo and Antonia Coia - the third generation of the family to run the business - in the 1980s.
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The Trade, Investment, and Innovation Minister Ivan McKee also attended the café to present Alfredo and Carlo Coia with a copy of the parliamentary motion.