Family business
Casale’s Halfway Club marked its 80th anniversary last week on Sept. 8. Opened by Elvira and John Casale as a bar, store and fruit stand on the long, empty stretch between Reno and Sparks, the Casales eventually added cook-it-yourself ravioli to their stock, which won a following—in particular, among local Italian families that used their own recipes for the sauce. Eventually that product line evolved into the family serving their own dinners in an enlarged building. The matriarch these days is Inez Casale Stempeck, and a dozen or so other family members are still involved in the business.
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Casale’s Halfway Club marked its 80th anniversary last week on Sept. 8. Opened by Elvira and John Casale as a bar, store and fruit stand on the long, empty stretch between Reno and Sparks, the Casales eventually added cook-it-yourself ravioli to their stock, which won a following—in particular, among local Italian families that used their own recipes for the sauce. Eventually that product line evolved into the family serving their own dinners in an enlarged building. The matriarch these days is Inez Casale Stempeck, and a dozen or so other family members are still involved in the business.
