Page 6 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, January 17, 2025 ~ Malden Musings ~ The Highland Cafe Lovefest Continues By Peter Levine F eelings, nothing more than feelings...and boy oh boy, did readers have feelings when they read the Highland Café manifesto/Dave Angelo/John Puleo lovefest a couple weeks back... • Rob Smith “Space Ace” from the Kiss tribute band “Kiss Forever”: “Peter Levine this is the best write up I’ve ever read. You so captured the heart and spirit of the Highland. My wife and I have been together 40 years... raised 4 daughters in the city. Highland Café was center to so many memories to us. Our first date September 1985... Highland Café. Our wedding reception at Gerry D’Ambrosio Attorney-at-Law Is Your Estate in Order? Do you have an update Will, Health Care Proxy or Power of Attorney? If Not, Please Call for a Free Consultation. 14 Proctor Avenue, Revere (781) 284-5657 Irish American 1992...Highland Café catered; 4 baptisms... 4 first communions, anniversaries... 2 funerals of my wife’s parents. All Highland Café! And I will never enjoy a pizza anywhere on the planet that can touch a Highland Café pizza. Their hamburger pizza was to die for. My dream is that Dave Angelo opens his own restaurant and dusts off that sacred pizza recipe and resurrect the legend of Highland Café. Thanks for bringing back the memories!” • Tom Trahant: “Grew up on Malden Street around the corner from the Highland. So, so many great memories. It’s hard to believe in today’s world but my mom and grandmother would send us over to the Highland to get a pizza (plus) and say, ‘tell Johnny to charge it!’ True story. We could charge it and my mom, who worked at the Converse Rubber in the ‘Rubber Shop,’ would stop in and pay on pay day. Never happen in today’s world. Thank you again Peter for keeping the memories alive.” • Larry Donoghue: “Nice article Peter. I have fond memories of the Highland. When my wife and I were first married (late 1970’s) she worked the 3 to 11 PM shift at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The Highland was our usual stop for late night/post shift pizza (and the occasional adult beverage).” • Dorothy Dukes: “In the 50’s my dad Ralph Mazza was the bartender for many years before the Puleo’s bought. Also, my mother Anna and my aunts Wendy Lyons and Margaret Cruciotti were waitresses.” • Michelle Markey Olivier: “Such good memories there! My first slice of pizza was at the Highland. My parents and grandparents took my brother and I there on many occasions. I remember going with my nana for tripe and she always ordered a glass of Cold Duck! Thanks for bringing me down good ole memory lane (many other good spots right up the street a bit also).” • Rudy Trulli: “Back in 1952 Highland Café alumni Rob Smith and his lovely wife, Jill when I was born at Malden Hospital, they didn’t let the men in the delivery room so my dad gave the doctor the phone number for the Highland Café and said he would be waiting there for the call.” • Debbie Esposito: “The BEST PIZZA and some of greatest times!! The Highland was my last stop before going home after a long day/night working at Anthony’s of Malden (of course) with my (waitress) friends for a cold one or two and of course a pizza and some KENO (1st place I’d ever played it). From the moment I started reading your post Peter I got an instantaneous reaction to the smell, the taste and a visual of the pizza ‘pie’ that came hot straight outta the oven and onto the table. God, I can almost taste it!!! There was NO place like home but at The Highland Café! Good times and great people!! — Vinyl Siding — Carpentry Work — Decks — Roofing — Free Estimates — Replacement Windows — Fully Licensed — Fully Insured
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