by Andrew Bagley

Known in Italy as La Gioconda, which means "the happy one", Leonardo da Vinci's most famously acclaimed portrait is the Mona Lisa. Interestingly, Mona is a contraction of the formal form Madonna, the equivalent to Madam or My Lady in English. While Leonardo's original masterpiece hangs in the Louvre Museum in Paris, you won't have to go that far to find her; her painting also appears on the wall as the centerpiece in her namesake restaurant in Little Italy, family owned and operated by brothers, John, Domenic and Benny Brunetto.

Located on the southeast corner of India and Hawthorne Streets in Little Italy, is an Italian family restaurant and deli, but also a cornerstone landmark that celebrates its 40th anniversary this year on June 6.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano