Marion Scotto, the beloved mother of Rosanna Scotto and the “heart of Fresco by Scotto,” has died at 90.
FOX 5 legend Rosanna wrote in a tribute that for more than three decades “Mama Scotto” welcomed diners to her Midtown Manhattan restaurant as though they were guests in her own home, adding that her mother treated everyone equally, whether they were presidents, celebrities or everyday New Yorkers.
She said that Marion took a tremendous “leap of faith” to open the star-studded Midtown eatery in 1993, even mortgaging the Brooklyn home where she and her late husband, Anthony, raised their family.
The gamble became a lasting family legacy.
“She…
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