On May 18, Dominick Corazza and Madlyn Mignone opened Papa D’s Original Sausage & Peppers, a family-owned Italian takeout restaurant in Tuckerton. “Family-owned” is an understatement at Papa D’s, which is the product of a long lineage of family history, hard work and a shared love for Italian food.

Papa D’s Original Sausage & Peppers was conceived in the minds of Corazza’s parents, Dominick Sr. and Lena Corazza, over 30 years ago.