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DIVERSITY Makes for a Great Community

Reason 101 Why we love living in Ybor City. DIVERSITY!!!!

There is so much fun diversity in Ybor City and area. One of our favorites is the Metro Meat Market. Once you enter, you immediately feel like you are visiting a friendly different country. The produce here is local, fresh and full of flavor. The meat department is incredible. Reasonably priced, helpful people and old-world charm. In the back is a cafeteria style, deli and hot food to go counter. Our favorite thing here is the bang bang shrimp!!! One meal is enough for 2 people to share. Walking to the front… stop and pick up something new to try for a drink. This family-owned store has been here for over 50+years. Located at 5028 E 10th Ave, in the mall north of 7^th ave on 50^th street.

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Fun Ybor History by Martha Holmes – Tampa History

Frank Napoli owned the house at 2513 15th Avenue in Ybor City. Next to the house was a garage with a vault or cellar under the floor. The vault was ten to twelve feet deep, and hidden by a three foot trap door. He had the vault constructed when the house was built, for an unknown reason. He rented the garage to a young man named Nick Midulla, to keep his car.

On June 19, 1931, after 9:00 p.m, Mrs. Napoli was home alone, and heard Nick coming into the garage. She went out to check on him, and saw a light from inside the trap door. Upon looking inside, she saw Nick and two others lying in a heap, surrounded by sacks of liquor, and struggling to breathe. She yelled for help and many neighbors responded. Three of them managed with great difficulty and great risk to themselves, to pull the three men out of the vault and lay them on the driveway, still alive. They were taken to Centro Asturiano Hospital, where they died shortly after or on the way.

The victims were Paul Antinori, age 18; Vicenzo (Jimmy) Valenti, age 26; and Nick Midulla, age 28.

800 sacks of imported liquors were removed by jail trusties. An original theory of the police was that the three were murdered in a liquor war. A coroner’s jury was impaneled to determine the cause of death. Judge Parkhill and the six jury members went to the scene, and walked down the step ladder into the vault, where fumes still remained.

At least two physicians stated the cause of death was asphyxiation by marsh gas arising from the vault. The process could have been started by the decomposition of straw near the bottles. The coroner’s jury ruled accordingly. Midulla was likely the owner of the liquor. Friends said that the three went to obtain the liquor for a party that night. Complete details leading up to the incident remained a mystery.

Thousands of people attended the funeral ceremonies for the three victims, who were buried in L’Unione Italia Cemetery.

A cow is standing next to the garage. ©

Thank You Martha Holmes

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