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Matriarch of Columbia's oldest restaurant passes at 100
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Carmella Tronco Martin, 100, has passed away. Martin was the matriarch of Villa Tronco Italian Ristorante, Columbia's oldest continuously running restaurant at 1213 Blanding St ...
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Villa Tronco, Columbia's oldest restaurant, has lost its matriarch. Carmella Martin died at age 100.
Carmella Tronco Martin, the matriarch behind Villa Tronco Italian Ristorante, died March 19 at age 100. Martin was born Dec. 31, 1924, to James and Sadie Tronco. Sadie, or "Mama Tronco," started ...