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March 28, 2008

Update: Angelo's wins national business award / Photo

Journal photo / Gretchen Ertl
U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, left, and Governor Carcieri, rear, were among those attending the event today honoring the restaurant and its owner, Robert Antignano, center.

PROVIDENCE -- Federal Hill restaurant Angelo’s Civita Farnese has been named the national family-owned business of the year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

The National Jeffrey H. Butland Family-owned Business of the Year award honors a family-owned and operated business which has passed on from one generation to another, according to the SBA.

Angelo Mastrodicasa first opened his restaurant on Atwells Avenue in 1924. The restaurant is now owned and operated by Robert Antignano, a third-generation family member.

“Robert Antignano epitomizes the hard work, the risk taking, and the creativity that are the characteristics of successful American entrepreneurs,” said Steve Preston, SBA administrator. “These are the qualities that make Bob the national Jeffrey H. Butland Family-owned Business of the Year. His company embodies the best of entrepreneurship and the American dream.”

Governor Carcieri, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed and Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline were scheduled to join Antignano and S.B.A. officials at the restaurant today for a formal announcement of the award.

Antignano will be honored during the national Small Business Week celebration in Washington, D.C. on April 23, according to the SBA. Angelo’s first won the Rhode Island and also New England regional awards before being considered for national recognition.

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