If any restaurant in the world has no need for a sign, it’s Mosca’s. Yet, when its sign went missing, it sparked an urgent need for me to return. Mosca’s doesn’t really need a sign because nobody eats ...

Salvatore Joseph Mosca was born in Mt. Vernon, New York, on April 27, 1927. The son of first generation Americans, Sal and his sister Dolores grew up during the harsh years of the Great Depression.

Lisa Mosca, a third-generation only child, remembers playing outside with customers’ kids and entertaining funny questions about her family’s restaurant: “‘My mom and dad said y’all have buried bodies ...

Sal Mosca was absorbed by the ideas of Lenne Tristano. The life force that is in the music of Tristano is not waning. The ascetic ideas and the edgy magnificence of the music continue to enthrall ...

4137 U.S. 90 West, Avondale, 504.436.8950 Call it Creole-Italian, Italian-Creole or simply more adventures with red gravy and garlic. All evoke what you get at Mosca's, the pride of Avondale. It's a ...