Doug Caputo News Today

Caputo’s Market & Deli is a family affair. Their history with food goes back to the early twentieth century when owner Matt Caputo’s Italian immigrant grandparents operated a small neighborhood market on Salt Lake’s west side. In 1997, a new generation opened the current Caputo’s Market & Deli. Run first by Tony and then his son Matt, the business has stayed true to the family’s immigrant roots.Those roots were top of mind when Matt sat down with his uncle, Doug Caputo, at Stor...

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Published March 11, 2021 at 8:45 AM MST Listen • 5:12 / Beloved Salt Lake City deli owner Tony Caputo died in the early hours of Wednesday morning. This story and more in the Thursday morning news brief. Thursday morning, March 11, 2021 Northern Utah Salt Lake City’s Tony Caputo Dies At 72 Beloved Salt Lake City deli owner Tony Caputo died in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Caputo opened his market on 300 South in the late-90s after working at Granatos del...