Their son Michael later joined the family, and the siblings worked together to establish the Alabaster Joe's. "With heavy hearts, we regret to inform you that papa Joe has passed," the Bertolone ...

SPRING LAKE — Three weeks ago, "Papa Joe" Giarratana stood in the parking lot of his smoldering restaurant and vowed to rebuild. The shock has worn off since the frigid morning of Jan. 24 ...

At one time not all that long ago, the locally owned Papa Joe's Pizza chain had a bigger presence in central Ohio than the industry's big daddy, Papa John's. That has changed dramatically in the ...

While they watched as flames consumed Papa Joe's Italian Restaurant, God calmed her, Giarratana said. Nobody was inside. She looked at her husband, "Papa Joe" Giarratana, who stood stoically with ...