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Joe Leone's Italian Specialties
Owners Joe Leone and John Hilla built a landmark Jersey Shore business
by pursing and achieving excellence and through numerous charitable acts.
The story of Joe Leone's and what happened after the Superstorm.
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by Gordon Hesse
As his flight from Rome descended toward Newark Airport,
Joe Leone Introna peered out his window through the night,
searching for the Manhattan skyline. Instead of the familiar
millions of lights he was expecting, there were only a few
hundred. This was on the Thursday after Superstorm Sandy,
which for Introna now was becoming personal.
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Joe Leone's Italian Specialties is located on Route 35 South in
Point Pleasant Beach, one block south of Arnold Avenue. This
magnificent new building features Tuscan and Molfetta design
elements including Italian terra cotta tile roofs, green awnings,
graceful arches, and column motifs.
