TONY ROMAN
ON MARCH 19, 2020, IN OPEN AND AGGRESSIVE DEFIANCE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE CALIFORNIA LOCKDOWNS, TONY ROMAN PLEDGED HIS ITALIAN RESTAURANT 'BASILICO'S PASTA E VINO' AS A 'CONSTITUTIONAL BATTLEGROUND' WHEN HE DECLARED WAR AGAINST WOKE TYRANNY IN DEFENSE OF AMERICAN LIBERTY AND FREEDOM. HE DID SO IN HONOR OF THOSE HE SAYS RISKED EVERYTHING AND MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE TO GIFT US AND PRESERVE OUR AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE - THE FOUNDING FATHERS AND THE BRAVE HEROES OF OUR U.S. MILITARY.
HE WENT ON THE ATTACK, NEVER GIVING AN INCH, NO COMPROMISE! NO MASKS ALLOWED INSIDE OR ON THE PROPERTY, AND HE REQUIRED CUSTOMERS TO PROVE THEY WERE
UN-VACCINATED JUST TO NAME A FEW OF HIS PROVOCATIVE ACTIONS IN RESPONSE. THE RESTAURANT REMAINED FULLY OPEN AND VINTAGE AMERICA! TONY ALSO ESCALATED HIS ATTACKS BY INVADING ENEMY TERRITORY AND WHEN DOING SO, MOCKING, TAUNTING, DARING AND SHAMING THE ENEMY! NO OTHER BUSINESS IN THE COUNTRY DEFIED THE COVID LOCKDOWNS AS SAVAGE AS "BASILICO'S PASTA E VINO".
FOR HIS BOLD STAND, HE AND HIS BUSINESS WERE TARGETED BY THE CITY, COUNTY, STATE, FEDS, THE MEDIA, HOLLYWOOD, THE RESTAURANT'S LANDLORD AND EVEN HIS FELLOW SO CALLED "AMERICANS" WHO BY THE HUNDREDS HAVE THREATENED TO KILL HIM AND BURN DOWN BASILICO'S. HIS BUSINESS FACED CRIMINAL CHARGES, REVOKED BUSINESS AND LIQUOR LICENSES AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FINES.
iN RESPONSE TONY HIT BACK HARDER, AND HAS SINCE WITH THOSE MEN WHO HAVE BEEN WILLING TO JOIN HIM IN BATTLE, VOWED TO GET HIS REVENGE AND PROMISED TO FIGHT ANYONE WHO ATTACKS HIS PRINCIPLES AND BELIEFS, AND SEEKS TO DESTROY OUR TRADITIONAL AMERICAN VALUES, CULTURE AND RICH AND PROUD HISTORY.
TONY HAS BEEN IN THE PRIVATE INTEL AND SECURITY BUSINESS FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS, HELPING CLIENTS FIX PROBLEMS AND PROTECT THEIR INTERESTS. HIS MOTHER ROSEMARIE STARTED 'BASILICO'S PASTA E VINO' AT ITS FORMER ORIGINAL LOCATION IN 1999, AND FOR EIGHTEEN YEARS IT WAS A BELOVED STAPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. IN 2016 AFTER ROSEMARIE FELL VERY SERIOUSLY ILL, TONY DECIDED TO GIFT HIS MOTHER A NEW RESTAURANT. HE DESIGNED AND BUILT A NEW BASILICO'S FOR HER AT ITS CURRENT LOCATION, INSTALLED MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS AND OPENED IT FOR HER IN 2017 SO SHE COULD JUST ENJOY IT, NO LONGER HAVING TO WORK. HE KEPT ALL OF HER FOOD THE EXACT SAME, FOLLOWING ALL OF HER RECIPES TO THE FINEST DETAIL. THE SAME FOOD HE ATE GROWING UP.
THE NEW BASILICO'S WAS TONY'S WAY TO PAY TRIBUTE TO HIS MOTHER AND WHEN FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS ASKED HIS MOTHER ROSEMARIE WHAT KEPT HER GOING, SHE WOULD REPLY, "I WANT TO SEE WHAT TONY IS GOING TO DO NEXT!" SHE GOT TO ENJOY HER NEW RESTAURANT FOR FIVE YEARS. SADLY IN 2023 TONY'S MOTHER PASSED AWAY. HE HAS PROMISED TO CONTINUE OPERATING BASILICO'S WITH HONOR IN HER MEMORY. TONY'S MOTHER ROSEMARIE IS HIS GREATEST HERO. THE LOSS STILL DEVASTATES HIM, AND IT IS STILL VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO TALK ABOUT IT.
TONY IS 100 PERCENT ITALIAN ON BOTH SIDES, HIS MOTHER'S HERITAGE FROM ABRUZZO AND HIS FATHER FROM FRIULI. HE IS A FIRST GENERATION AMERICAN ON HIS FATHER'S SIDE. HIS MOTHER ROSEMARIE WAS BORN IN PITTSBURGH, PA. AN AMERICA FIRST FAMILY, HE HAS BEEN A HARDCORE, UNAPOLOGETIC, CONSERVATIVE PATRIOT SINCE CHILDHOOD.
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