Vic Zodda's
Jefferson Avenue at
Greenwood Road
- Dave Spriggs
('64) of VA -05/31/04 |
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- Jean Poole
Burton ('64) of RI - 08/25/05 |
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When I was home last month I took many pictures around Newport News and Hampton. As I drove down Buxton Avenue, my mother [Dorothy (Harton) Silsby, HHS ‘42] pointed out an old building just off of 25th Street and said it was the site of the original Vic Zodda's Restaurant. The address is 239 Buxton and it is now owned by a fraternal organization. I asked Tim Rogers (Hampton HS - '66 - of VA) about it and he replied with this email: Steve, check with your mother on this. The place she said was Vic Zodda's I remember as Johnny's Dine and Dance in (1956-9). Maybe it became Vic Zodda's later (I have a very dim remembrance of that being the case). Anyway, this requires more research. Tim/ N4XND I asked mom about what time it was Vic Zodda's, but she didn’t remember. Can anyone else shed some more light on this?
- Steve Silsby (Ferguson HS -
'72) of NC - 01/11/06 |
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- Bill Campbell ('54) of VA
- 01/13/06 |
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My BMW (Beautiful Marvelous Wife) Eva Ellis Madagan ('61) of FL has just confirmed for us that Vic Zodda's Restaurant was indeed located at 239 Buxton Avenue in Newport News. She said that she used to see it out of her bedroom window when they lived on Buxton Avenue, across the marsh grass of Salter's Creek which was between their house and the restaurant. This is in response to the comment of Steve Silsby (Ferguson HS - '72) of NC - 01/11/06 - "Vic Zodda's and More" in this Newsletter.
I wanted Eva to respond to
the Newsletter, but being a working girl she is not taking the time to
participate right now. So, I am passing along her comments to confirm that
Vic Zodda did have his restaurant at that location for several years
before moving to Hampton on Mercury Boulevard. A Fraternal Organization
occupied the building when Vic Zodda moved.
- Joe Madagan ('57) of FL -
01/03/06 |
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Carol In reference to the building at 239 Buxton Avenue. I remember it was just behind a service station on the corner of 25th And Buxton. A bunch of us kids had a favorite tree on the creek, beside the place where the building was constructed. The tree had a very long and large diameter rope attached to it, which we would use to swing out over the creek. When the tide was high during the summer, we would sometimes get up enough courage to swing way out and let go into the creek. What fun. Anyway the building was a restaurant, but was renovated as a Moose Lodge in the fifties. Johnny’s Dine and Dance was just down the street in the 1400 block of 25th Street between the tire company (which had a very large tire setup as a eye catcher out front) and the Creek. People would discard their old Christmas trees in the empty lot between Johnny’s and the Creek, which the children just loved. I remember building forts out of them with Delano ('62) and Downy ('61) Wray in '54 or '55. God Bless - Richard Dawes (NNHS/HHS - '62) of VA - 01/13/06 Thanks, Dicky! |
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As for Vic Zodda's Restaurant, the only place I remember it being was on Mercury Boulevard. (I think!) Must have been TOO YOUNG to remember it on Buxton! HA -
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of VA - 01/15/06 |
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- Linda May Bond Crayton ('66)
of VA - 01/16/06 |
Bella Notte
Oh this is the
night, it's a beautiful night
And we call it bella notte
Look at the skies, they have stars in their eyes
On this lovely bella notte.
Side by side with your loved one,
You'll find enchantment here.
The night will weave its magic spell,
When the one you love is near!
Oh this is the night, and the heavens are right!
On this lovely bella notte!
"Bella Notte"
from "Lady and the Tramp" midi courtesy of
http://www.rachelle1981.homestead.com/midi.html,
at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 05/31/04
Thanks, Dave!
"Bella Notte"
from "Lady and the Tramp" lyrics courtesy of
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/classicdisney/bellanotte.htm,
also at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 05/31/04
Thanks again, Dave!