Onion rings to die for? Digesting N.J. wise guys' famous last meals.

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In our final episode of 'Dining at the Scene of the Crime,' we look at one of the most famous, albeit fictional, tales of a Jersey criminal repast.

As for Holstens’ own onion rings that Tony had ordered for the table, David Chase, the creator and executive producer of “The Sopranos,” had apparently tried them when he had lunch to check out the restaurant’s interior months earlier and wrote them into the script.

It is a death ride for Paulie. Fingered as a traitor to the family for betraying Vito Corleone, he unknowingly drives himself to his execution while mob soldier Rocco Lampone sits ominously in the back seat awaiting to administer mob justice. Even in real life, eating off the menu has played a role in racketeering cases against organized crime.

“Best in the state, far as I’m concerned,” he declares, popping a small one in his mouth whole. Almost like a communion wafer, some have suggested.Holsten’s Brookdale Confectionery was a New Jersey institution long before Chase decided it was the last place we would see Tony. Essex County residents have been coming to the Bloomfield ice cream parlor — with its dining room stuck in yesteryear — for more than eight decades for sundaes, milkshakes, burgers and chocolates.

The bells on the front door that played a part in the final episode are gone. So are prominent murals on the back wall that were made for the set, which then featured panels of Bloomfield High School and the faded glory of championship football players from the 1970s, setting the scene when a weary-looking Tony, who played high school football, walks in and sits down.

Still, if Mr. Soprano did indeed lose his life in that final scene, at least he did it in one of the Garden State’s greatest food establishments. What looks good tonight for us is the cheeseburger deluxe, a grilled chicken sandwich, a vanilla Coke, a chocolate egg cream, as well as the onion rings.

 

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