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https://globalboston.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1912-Cafe-Bova-Restaurant-1.jpg1099677Postcard of main dining room of Cafe Bova, a popular downtown Italian restaurant, 1912. Founded by Calabrian-born Antonio Bova in 1907, this cosmopolitan restaurant featured elegant tables, murals of southern Italian scenery, and live Italian music. The eclectic menu offered specialities ranging from spaghetti with "clam gravy," to risotto Milanese, to New England boiled dinners.