StoryCorps in Utah: Matt and Doug Caputo
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 StoryCorps in September 2023. In 2017, after the Trump administration initiated a travel ban on select c...