Il Buffet da Pepi
The Buffet da Pepi was founded in 1897 by Pepi Klajnsic and was located in the Piazza della Borsa, where there is now a pharmacy. To emphasize the origins of the owner, the venue was soon nicknamed (following a custom of the past) Pepi was there. After a few years from the beginning of the business, in 1903, Klajnsic moved the Buffet to Cassa di Risparmio (No.3), where he still is. In 1908 the activity was sold to Paul Tomazic, who kept it until the outbreak of the First World War, during which he appeared to be a new manager whose name is unknown. After the war ended in 1918, the restaurant was resumed by Paolo Tomazic, who worked with his cousin Pepi and his brother-in-law, Giusto Colja. Just two years after the death of Paul Tomazic in 1925, Brother John gave his share to Pepi. The venue was expanded and other collaborators had to resort to it. Two brothers of Justus: Zdenko and Emil, both of Pepi's sister-in-law, began to work at the Buffet. In 1932 he was hired as a banqueter, Carlo Cok, who worked at the Buffet for forty years.
Pepi Tomazic's life was marked by a terrible tragedy: in 1941 his son was convicted and shot, while the Buffet was subjected to powerful devastation and fire from the time. It was thought to find a loophole by surrendering the property to Carlo Cok, but that was not enough and the room was closed until the end of the Second World War. Among other things, in 1944, Pepi Tomazic had died during a bombing in Via Rossetti. The Buffet remained in the hands of Emma Colja, widow Tomazic, because her daughter Dani was also killed during the war. This painful affair, which happened to Pepi Tomazic's damsel, lives in the novel by Fulvio Tomizza, The Bride of Via Rossetti (1986).
Mrs. Emma entrusted the management of the premises to the brothers who in 1952 operated on the premises for improvements and extensions. Increasingly more work was done to cope with other collaborators: Elviro, Albino, Darko, Paolo and Elvio. At the three otiums, the owner passed in 1977 the management of the Buffet, which assumed the name Pepi in memory of the first owner. Only a few years later, in 1981, Mrs. Emma definitively surrendered the property to these irreplaceable collaborators.
The Buffet da Pepi was founded in 1897 by Pepi Klajnsic and was located in the Piazza della Borsa, where there is now a pharmacy. To emphasize the origins of the owner, the venue was soon nicknamed (following a custom of the past) Pepi was there. After a few years from the beginning of the business, in 1903, Klajnsic moved the Buffet to Cassa di Risparmio (No.3), where he still is. In 1908 the activity was sold to Paul Tomazic, who kept it until the outbreak of the First World War, during which he appeared to be a new manager whose name is unknown. After the war ended in 1918, the restaurant was resumed by Paolo Tomazic, who worked with his cousin Pepi and his brother-in-law, Giusto Colja. Just two years after the death of Paul Tomazic in 1925, Brother John gave his share to Pepi. The venue was expanded and other collaborators had to resort to it. Two brothers of Justus: Zdenko and Emil, both of Pepi's sister-in-law, began to work at the Buffet. In 1932 he was hired as a banqueter, Carlo Cok, who worked at the Buffet for forty years.
Pepi Tomazic's life was marked by a terrible tragedy: in 1941 his son was convicted and shot, while the Buffet was subjected to powerful devastation and fire from the time. It was thought to find a loophole by surrendering the property to Carlo Cok, but that was not enough and the room was closed until the end of the Second World War. Among other things, in 1944, Pepi Tomazic had died during a bombing in Via Rossetti. The Buffet remained in the hands of Emma Colja, widow Tomazic, because her daughter Dani was also killed during the war. This painful affair, which happened to Pepi Tomazic's damsel, lives in the novel by Fulvio Tomizza, The Bride of Via Rossetti (1986).
Mrs. Emma entrusted the management of the premises to the brothers who in 1952 operated on the premises for improvements and extensions. Increasingly more work was done to cope with other collaborators: Elviro, Albino, Darko, Paolo and Elvio. At the three otiums, the owner passed in 1977 the management of the Buffet, which assumed the name Pepi in memory of the first owner. Only a few years later, in 1981, Mrs. Emma definitively surrendered the property to these irreplaceable collaborators.
