Angie is one of Don Palermos only two granddaughters. Her dead father, Junior Don Jocko, was mysteriously blown up in a car while out on the west coast with Whispers parents. The two girls, Ivana and Angie, get along pretty good together...except for the fact that they both like Vittorio the Violinist...and the fact that Angie is Don Palermos favorite granddaughter. Because of this she is to always be hands off, and treated with utmost respect by family members. Angie has to be very secretive about her love affair with Vittorio. She has hopes and aspirations of someday starting her own family business with Vito... maybe open a restaurant in San Francisco or something.

Dino is twin brother of Father Francesco. He is in line to inherent the Family leadership as its next Godfather. Dino is a traditional gangster that would like to see the family go back to the old ways. Running a pizza chain is not what he had in mind growing up as the eldest son (by one minute) of the Godather of the most powerful crime family on the East Coast. Even though Dino disagrees with the direction in business of the family, he abides by his fathers wishes, for the time being.

Master of the backroom deals. Why use a banker when you can borrow money directly from Bennie. Of coarse the interest is kind of high, 2 points interest compounded weekly but the money is provided quickly. Your credit or your ability to provide assets doesn`t really matter. You see there are always body parts to consider as collateral. Bennie is in charge of handling a lot of the cash flow that comes through the restaurant. It is his job to make more money out of the money he is in charge of. The Don likes to see his investment and capital grow. Bennie is very important to him. That is why he has assigned No-Knuckles Louie to assist him in his collections.

Bobby is in charge of kitchen utensils, mainly knives. Bobby is a cool laid back type of guy. He can work a knife like a surgeon. He can cut a person, I mean a pizza, up in a minute. He also can throw knives with deadly accuracy. He has a favorite knife he loves to carry. It is a Filipino Butterfly knife,which he works like a charm. He keeps it on him always because you never know when the Godfather or one of the Capos may need a pizza sliced up for some reason, nice and quiet like.

Personal adviser and lawyer to Don Palermo, Corradeo the Consilieri is very important to the Family decision making process. If a new restaurant is to be open, he helps decide the location. If a competitor attacks the family Pizza business with cheaper prices or negative advertisement, he advises what should be done to control the situation. Consilieri does a lot of the business negotiating for the Godfather. He is very valuable in helping the Godfather decide who is the best guy available for a special job. He is a very, very smart man.

Twin brother of Baby Don Dino, and son to Don Guiseppe. Francesco is a Catholic Priest. Father Francesco is the one responsible for helping to turn the Family legit. Under his counseling the Family has curtailed its gangster ways and is attempting to run its business as a law-abiding corporation. At least they are trying to do this to the best of their abilities. Father Francesco has convinced the Don that he had to stop his hard gangster ways if he was going to get to heaven. Father does all of the baptizing and weddings and funerals in the family. While he realizes a lot of the family are shady people, he still loves them and wants to be there for them spiritually.

Frankie is a retired heavyweight boxer. He now serves as one of Don Palermos private bodyguards. There is no way to approach Don Palermo without running into Frankie the hammer or Sammie the Sandman. Better to get ponded into the ground by Frankie, than get a night time visit from the Sandman. Don Guiseppe feals he needs the protection cuz after all, he made a lot of enemies when he was in the crime business.

Freddie the Fed is not a member of the Palermo Family. But he is always around them so much, he might as well be. Freddie is a Federal Agent, who`s assignment is to break up the Family and gather the evidence needed to get them busted for Racketeering. He is always spying on them, wiretapping, bugging and photographing him but thanks to Teflon Tony, the Feds can never make things stick. Plus everytime he gets a witness to testify...No-Knuckles Louie and the Sandman convince them otherwise.

Ivana is the dingy daughter of Baby Don Dino. A rebellious spoiled girl with a love of shopping. She`s always chewing bubblegum and blowing bubbles. Ivana cusses like a guy and is a huge flirt. She`s a lot of fun to have around. She`s the apple of her daddies eye, who has her watched like a hawk which she hates. Ivana has a thing going with Vito the Violinist, who has a thing for her cousin Angie. This pisses Ivana off..sometimes.

Luigi is the sweetest lil man in the Family. He wants to make sure all of his customers are satisfied with their Pizza. He loves to personally serve it on hot steaming platters. Whether it is Spahgetti, Fetuccine, Veal or just Pizza.you will always get great customer service from Luigi. He treats everyone like Family.

Louie was given this nickname because of his huge sledge hammer like fists. Louie helps collect outstanding tabs at the restaurant, You never really see him a he is usually pretty buttoned and covered up. Louie is in charge of collecting on Licensing dues owned by people that buy Palermo Family franchises. It is very expensive to own and operate a franchise restaurant like this. Whether the restaurant makes money or not, the family must, and will get paid.

Paulie takes care of those hard to solve problems that arise in the coarse of doing business. When Things happen and are on the verge of getting out of control, Don Guiseppe calls on this guy. He is in charge of delivering the Godfather`s final offer. He has proven to be very persuasive in convincing clients to sign agreements. You know agreements like selling their pizza parlors at incredibly low discounted prices, or it may be they an have agreement to pay the Family their customary licensing fee of fifty percent of their profits. If a potential client doesn`t like their proposal, he disappears no problem! Though Paulie may not have an MBA from Harvard, he is one hell of a negotiator.

Bruno Palermo grew up around the family business. However unlike his most of his cousins he decided at an early age to separate himself from some of their criminal way of life and become a cop. Bruno earned the nickname, the Baton when he once broke up a Bank robbery with nothing but his club. He single handedly pounded four armed criminals into submission. Bruno is real proud that his uncle Guiseppe is turning legit. Bruno woks the time square beat where the Palermo Family Pizzaria is located so he gets to visit with the family a lot and eat for free

A sneaky lil guy, Rico the Rat is two-faced, back-stabbing, loser who would sell his own mother into slavery for a buck. Other than that, he`s a nice guy. Rico is from the old country. He is related to and baptized by Don Palermo and was sent over because of a favor granted his father, Guiseppes brother, Don Vincenzo di Palermo. Since every one in Scicily wanted him dead, Don Guisseppe agreed to take him in and protect him. Unfortunately he is up to his old ways. He has snitched for money, given up old family restaurant recipes for a price, and even set up a business associate for some Cuban cigars. Fortunately for Rico, he`s family and still alive. How long? Probably for as long as Don Guiseppe is alive, after that, I`d give him about a week to live, max.

Rocko takes out the trash. When someone is way outa line in the restaurant Rocko gets rid of them. The restaurant is usually so packed that there are lines outside of people hoping to get a walk up table. It can get rowdy out there sometimes and Rocko has to bang a few heads. Usually just the site of him quiets people down, but some people are stupid and need to be taken out,like the trash. He also is quick to assist Nicky No Neck in the Velvet Pizza Room. When you get those two together working on you, fa-get-about-it!

Rugerro the Sandman works very close in protecting Baby Don Dino as his personal bodygaurd. This is the last person in the Family you would want to get to know. At least Vito the Violinist plays music for you before going to work, the Sandman just puts you to sleep, quietly.

The best Italian cook in the business. Gifted with a super set of tastebuds, serving up a perfect plate Italian food with the perfect complimentary wine is a work of art. Problem is Sally is his own cooking`s biggest fan. To get his cooking absolutely perfect he samples everything, which is why he is so fat.

One of the most famous sausagemaker in all of Italy, Sebastiano the Sausagemaker now works exclusively for the Family. He makes the spiciest, most intensive flavored sausages with the most perfect combination of texture and juices. His sausage sandwiches sold out of his sausage stand during the St Genera feast day are legendary are the most delicious of the fair...and that is some stiff sausage competition. While the family uses his recipes for the restaurant menus, he saves his special secret recipes for Don Guiseppe and the immediate family.

This is the family defense lawyer Antonio, also known as Teflon Tony. He was given this name because as many times as Don Guiseppe and Baby Don Dino have been dragged into court on Racketeering charges, nothing has ever stuck. Accusations and charges seem to slide off of his clients like eggs and bacon off a tefllon frying pan.

Vincenzio sings as smooth as silk. He knows all the traditional Italian and Sicilian songs from the old country. He has made it very big in the music industry, and performs for big crowds in New York, Las Vegas, and San Francisco and Los Angeles. Vincenzio is very much in debt to Don Guiseppe (as mostly everyone is) and pays him back with his beautiful voice. He sings at all the Family weddings, Baptisms, and Communions, and Confirmations, and Birthdays, and Christmas parties and New Years parties, Funerals, Picnics, Barbecues and Large Family Dinners. He also occasionally sings at the main Family Restaurant in Time Square.

Vinnie is a pathetic family member. Every time he is given a job to do he screws it up. Then he wonders why he can`t get no respect for being part of the family. Vinnie couldn`t even extort the newspaper boy. He told the boy he would have to pay to be allowed to sell papers near the Pizza Parlor and the 12 year old boy whupped his butt. When Vinnie told Frankie the guys about it, they laughed so hard they let the kid operate his newspaper business for free.

Vittorio can make his violin, and those who hear it cry. He is called on special jobs. Vittorio works as a freelance violinist for all of the Families. When you hear his beautiful violin notes, it means your time is short. Better get your things in order,Vittorio never fails to play the music. Once he is paid to play for you, you definitely will hear the music. Vittorio is a heartbreaker, as far as his good looks, but he`s deeply in love with Angie, the Godfathers grand daughter.