Have you ever seen Big Night? It’s a classic piece of storytelling considered essential viewing for anyone interested in food. The film tells the story of two Italian immigrant brothers (real-life foodies Tony Shaloub and Stanley Tucci) as they squabble and scuffle through dinner service at the struggling New Jersey restaurant they own and operate.
The Queen City has a number of similarly sibling-owned eateries, often mimicking the front-of-house/back-of-house breakdown immortalized in the movie. But none of them have stories of fisticuffs or impassioned beachfront screaming matches. In fact, sibling food-industry pairings work well on the local front.
“It was something that really came naturally,” says Neil Barraco, who co-owns Milford restaurants The Governor and Flamingo Drive with his brother Paul. “We both worked in the industry for so long.”…