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D'Amatos Seafood & Grill
- (203) 481-4452
Address: 269 East Main St Branford, CT 06405
Cuisine: Grill Seafood
Hours of Operation: Tuesday-Sunday 11:00am-9:00pm, Monday- Closed
Menus:
Lunch-Dinner Menu
Weekly Specials Menu
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Description: D’Amato’s Seafood & Grill
Four Generations and Counting
The roots of the D’Amato Family seafood business go back to the early 1900’s when Pasquale D’Amato started a business with a pushcart and a self-employment dream. Pasquale pushed his way to success from Wooster Street to Fair Haven, selling only the freshest of seafood to his many loyal customers. He worked hard at this business for a number of years until an opportunity arose for him to purchase a warehouse on Wooster Square in New Haven where he started a wholesale seafood business. He purchased all the fresh fish for his store at the Fulton Fish Market in New York.
During this time, Pasquale’s son, Andrew D’Amato opened his own fresh seafood market on Grand Avenue. Andrew worked hard with his wife Victoria establishing a thriving business.
As far as Pasquale goes, after years of success in the wholesale market, he sold his business to give the restaurant business a try. He opened a fried seafood stand at Savin Rock in 1933 at Beach Street. He had a thriving business for many years working with his family including his son Andrew who worked for him whenever he could get away from his store on Grand Avenue. The family took great pride in working together until Savin Rock’s Amusements were closed down in the 1960’s due to redevelopment. At this time Pasquale decided to retire.
Andrew D’Amato then continued the family tradition of working together and started to teach his son, Anthony the business. Anthony resisted at first, deciding to attend school to become a barber. After a decade of cutting hair, Anthony gave the family business a try and opened D’Amato’s seafood at 271 Grand Avenue with his sister Delores, father Andrew and wife Donna. This was Anthony’s first taste of the cooked seafood business. Through his hard work, the business grew to be a great success and as the years went by, Anthony became a friend to all his loyal customers.
In the 1980’s, Anthony continued the tradition of working with family by hiring his son, Toma D’Amato followed by his son Reco in the 90’s. With everyone’s hard work, the business was a success.
In 2005, the family started a new venture when Anthony, his wife Donna, their son, Toma and his wife Jen opened D’Amato’s Seafood II at 423 Whalley Avenue in New Haven. With a lot of hard work this location is a success and will continue to serve only the freshest cooked seafood for many years to come. Stop in and see us there sometime.
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