David Campisi treats diners who walk through the doors of his restaurants as though they're guests in his own home. And in a way, they are. If walls could talk, those in the original Campisi's Egyptian Restaurant in Dallas would tell nearly 70 years of stories about four generations of Campisis, the famous guests who dined there, and the family's Sicilian recipes that remain unchanged.

The iconic, dimly lit eatery on Mockingbird Lane is the spot where "Little David," as his family calls him, earned his first dollar. It's where he knocked back beers with his cousins after a long night's shift. And it's where he learned how to make the restaurant's signature rectangular pizzas that were first crafted by his grandparents back in the 1940s.

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