A Wauwatosa café is carrying on a family restaurant legacy that stretches back more than 70 years.
WATCH: Wauwatosa cafe carries on family restaurant legacy spanning more than 70 years
Wauwatosa cafe carries on family restaurant legacy spanning more than 70 years
Cuppa Tosa Kitchen & Cafe, located on Bluemound Road in Wauwatosa, is owned and operated by Vita Figuerino and her brother Tony. The business is the latest chapter in a family story that began in 1952, when their parents opened a restaurant called Giuseppe’s.
“Our parents opened up their first restaurant in 1952 in Milwaukee called Giuseppe’s, and they’ve had a few restaurants over the years. They — we moved to Florida for a little while, came back, and my parents opened up Giuseppe’s on Highway 100 in Bluemound,” Figuerino said.
The restaurant business has been a constant across generations and siblings…