On June 22, 1908, Bartolomeo Vanzetti's cousin, Giacomo Caldera, who was the head chef at the Columbia Yacht Club, found Vanzetti a job as a dishwasher. The working conditions at the rich club were dreadful, and because Vanzetti slept in a garret on the premises, he often would escape to the nearby Riverside Park for some fresh air at night.
"Three days after my arrival, the countryman already mentioned [Caldera], who was head cook in a rich club on West 86th street overlooking the Hudson River, found me a post in his kitchen as a dishwasher. I worked there for three months. The hours were long; the garret where we slept was suffocatingly hot; and the vermin did not permit me to close an eye. Almost every night I sought escape in the park." ~Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Vanzetti lasted three months working at the Columbia Yacht Club, before moving on to the Mouquin Restaurant.
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