Anyone who ever dined at LaMotta’s in south Fort Myers between 1979 and 2020 would have met Salvatore LaMotta.
One minute he’d be welcoming you with a smile and then, before you knew it, you’d be seated at his table, sharing a meal.
“He treated everyone who came into the restaurant like family,” Carmelo LaMotta said about his father. “It was like they were coming into his home. He’d greet you, pour you a glass of wine and break bread with you. And if you had kids? He’d take them in back and show them how to make pizza or give them pizza dough to play with. He was very family-oriented and close with the community he loved.”…