Dave Cossetta, the fourth-generation owner of St. Paul’s landmark Cossetta restaurant, died unexpectedly in Rome after winning two international awards at the Coppa del Mondo del Panettone days earlier, according to a statement posted by the restaurant on Thursday.
No information was given on a cause of death.
Cossetta began in 1911 as a small market in St. Paul. It continued as a family-owned restaurant and market and grew to “a gathering place on West 7th Street, where everyone was welcome at the same table,” Cossetta’s statement said.
“He never stopped dreaming about what it could become,” the statement said of Dave Cossetta. “His next chapter was to bring Cossetta to the nation beyond St. Paul through panettone, which he had spent more than 15 years perfecting.”
“Above all, Dave loved his family, his city, and the people who walked through his doors,” the statement said.
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Collected from Minnesota Public Radio News. View original source here.
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