Menghi, Umberto

MENGHI, Umberto, restaurateur (b 24 Oct 1946, Pontedera, Italy). He began working in restaurants in his native Italy when he was 12. After 3 years at hotel college he went to work in London, then came to Canada for Expo 67 to work at a Montreal hotel. When the fair ended he moved west to VANCOUVER and opened his first restaurant, Umberto's, in 1973. According to one legend he financed the venture with money earned from selling Italian sweaters to WOODWARD'S department store. His operation grew...

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