Meet Islamorada Artist Pasta Pantaleo

By GERRY BARKER
Splash Magazines Worldwide

When Roberto "Pasta" Pantaleo, Italian-born and Brooklyn-raised, persuaded his family to move to Florida, he thought he was coming for the sun, sea and sand. Little did he know it was a decision that would change his life, taking him from pinstriping cars to owning his own art gallery in the Florida Keys.

From a young age, his heavy Italian accent earned him the nickname of "Pasta Fazul," and he's been known as "Pasta" ever since. "I think the New York to Florida connection is in the Italian handbook," he said on a recent visit to his art gallery in Islamorada, located halfway between Miami and Key West in the Florida Keys.

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