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Suspiciously happy…
e’re not sure about this guy. Not sure at all.
First and foremost, he is, of course, only pretending to be Italian. Tommaso Spennato’s real name is Tommo Sputnik, and he’s from Fettercairn in Tallaght. Not Lecce, ‘the Florence of Southern Italy’.
And he’s not some great java master either. It was whilst working as a sausage batterer deep in Joker’s kitchen that Tommo, fresh off the boat, first came up with the cunning idea of pretending to be an Italian barista from Lecce in Southern Italy. All he needed was a Greystones premises, a dodgy accent and a mail order bride.
Bish, bosh, wallop – Caffe Delle Stelle was born. Or The Bitter Lemon, as it’s known by its regulars.
We sat down with the notoriously sunny Tomasso on a cool November 11th, 2015 afternoon to talk roots, visas and being grumpy. And to ask him nicely to leave. Pretty please.
Further info on this shady character can be found here, his dishwater coffee here, and his cafe’s spiritual name here. You can find more GG’s Meet De Peoples right here.
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all jokes apart, the food in the evening is really good and great value.. give it a try….