Antonellis

Antonellis is an Italian restaurant, and it has been in the Butler County Times twice. The most recent time was when it closed, in 1992. The owner, Rochelle Zimmer, sold the land the building was on, and at the time of the article, she was unsure if the restaurant would move to a new location or if she would retire. Many years before that, there's a puff piece from Valentine's Day 1978 that asked recently married residents of Butler County how they met. Christine Garland responded. She and her husband Steve, who was a chef at Antonellis, met years ago when she delivered produce from her mother's farm. Steve used to work extra hours just to be there during her deliveries. Although they grew apart when the restaurant switched suppliers, they reconnected by chance and eloped at the end of last year. Now, she has a bun in the oven, and they're both working as much as they can (she's a secretary but went back to delivering produce on the weekends), trying to save up money to move to Boston and open their own restaurant.