Comments on: Iaci’s Casa Capri

By: Wanda Krohn

Wanda Krohn — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:33:47 +0000

My name is Wanda Krohn. I was Rick’s half sister. I just received news that my brother passed away. He was a great cook much of his life, Iaci’s is where he learned. will miss him. thank you.

By: Maryann Boyle

Maryann Boyle — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 12:58:32 +0000

I grew up there, which gave me the best memories of my life. They were family to me

By: Jamed Joyce

Jamed Joyce — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 07:44:59 +0000

Great restaurant and story was fortunate to know Joe Iaci when i worked the Fraser Arms

By: Debbie Custock

Debbie Custock — Sun, 11 Aug 2024 13:32:20 +0000

In reply to Hanna. Teenie and Koko continued living in the house for many years after the restaurant closed. The Casa Capri was their family home, not just a restaurant.

By: Chris Chatten

Chris Chatten — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 15:02:52 +0000

Great story, I had my 23rd birthday at Iaci’s, I remember all the great pics!

By: Gerry

Gerry — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 05:21:42 +0000

Thanks for this! In the Fall of ‘76, pregnant, got all dressed up, went there for dinner. Husband forgot wallet, I had a chequebook in my purse. We had to go downstairs to speak to Mama. We were petrified, but after looking us over, she let us write the cheque. What a memory!

By: Daniel Custock

Daniel Custock — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:34:54 +0000

In reply to Kathy Bligh. I know Gina. I can pass along your name and contact information to her if you like.

By: Daniel Custock

Daniel Custock — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 08:33:40 +0000

In reply to Joan. Gina was Lucia’s (Toots)daughter

By: Sheila

Sheila — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 20:48:48 +0000

Love that place had my 12 birthday there will never forget the sisters singing to me and sitting out on the stairs with Frank.My sisters where good friends with the family and who can forget the losers table by the kitchen lol miss it need more places like that best food and atmosphere

By: Joan

Joan — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 20:52:52 +0000

In reply to Kathy Bligh. Hi Kathy, I'm doing the Iaci family tree for my sister-in-law and I can't figure out who Gina's parents were---Rose (Koko)(with Donald Volpert or Victor Dalfo) , Lucy Ann (Toots), Frank (with Dena or Marjorie) or Benito Salvatore? Can you help me with this please. Thanks Joan

By: kent Macauley

kent Macauley — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 12:45:39 +0000

I worked with Rick for years at the Four Seasons Hotel. Heard many stories from him

By: Fran

Fran — Sat, 21 May 2022 18:05:08 +0000

Thanks for this story, Eve. I appreciated reading about the connection to many well known Italian immigrants. My late husband and I were engaged at Iaci’s Feb 14, 1976.

By: Hanna

Hanna — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 17:48:34 +0000

So glad someone found all the framed photos…. but no mention in the story about how/why they may have been tossed away. Why wouldn’t any family members have taken them when the business closed down? Eve, could you ask Rick Laci? And then let us know?

By: Sheila Wilson

Sheila Wilson — Fri, 04 Oct 2019 23:06:08 +0000

I always thought that it was the house my Great-Grandparents lived in during the early 1900’s, but they were in #1026 and a photo I have of them in front of the house shows a sloped front porch roof and the two upstairs windows but not an attic window – that could have been added later. The only house who facade almost matches my Gr. Grandparents is the restaurant. In my photo there are no houses to the left and possibly not to the right – early days in Vancouver. When I lived in Vancouver in the mid 1980’s, their house was also a restaurant but I don’t remember the name of it.

By: Kathy Bligh

Kathy Bligh — Mon, 27 May 2019 04:13:23 +0000

In reply to Dan Custock. I am looking for an old friend called Gina Carveth. She was a family memeber. When we were kids we used to go there and sit in the kitchen and eat veal. I think her Grandmother was the cook. Any body have any ideas how I could find her. She got married and had a daughter named Maria. I heard she accepted an award for the family and the pic was on the net but I can't find it.

By: Fred Grosser

Fred Grosser — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 00:35:46 +0000

Love those old pictures!

By: Dan Custock

Dan Custock — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 08:25:47 +0000

My great grandparents lived at Seymour and Nelson.
Foncie Pulice the famed Vancouver Street photographer was their son. ( my great uncle)
My grandmother,Foncie’s sister was Rose Custock.
Eva Iaci and my grandmother were best friends.
Eva was my dad Joe Custock’s Godmother.
Ross Filippone was his Godfather.
I worked at Iacis as a busboy 1973 thru 1975 and have fond memories of the Iaci family.
We had many family parties that included the Iaci’s, many of those parties were in basement of Iacis Casa Capri.
Eva taught me how to make fettuccine Alfredo and Veal Parmigiana, her specialty orders.
Good memories and great food.

By: Elsie Ponak

Elsie Ponak — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 23:37:43 +0000

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By: Joan Graham , nee Taylor

Joan Graham , nee Taylor — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 12:07:13 +0000

Oh yes, great memories in the 50s and 60s dining at Iacis. Such a colorful family. The best pasta ever! So happy these photos were saved. I have one taken there with some girlfriends.

By: Sharon A Leonard

Sharon A Leonard — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 03:13:29 +0000

Oh man I drank an awful lot of wine at that restaurant. …..and pasta, I ate pasta too lol