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Rocco's Pizza is known that in September 1952, Mario Caponi formed a partnership with a friend from the Italian hometown of Pratt. Rocco's Pizza opened a small restaurant on Bory Street, south of Akron, Ohio. They named it the Mario Restaurant, and ran it together for 13 months. Mario sold his share to the partner along with the restaurant's name. In December 1953, Mario decided to open a pizzeria. He needs a new name. Since Mario was sold, "Kaponi" still has the meaning of a gangster in the public, so "Rock" was chosen because it is the name of Mario's father. At the time, Rocco owned Rocco's shoe repair shop at 479 Thornton West Street, which was a small store in his house. It was decided to transfer the shoe repair business to the basement, and the pizzeria operated on the street.