As rising young gangsters, the two brothers, “Handsome Jack” and “Joe the Blond,” hung out together at DeRobertis Pasticceria and Caffe in the East Village, allegedly learning the business at the knee of their uncle, Gotti underboss Armone, who used the bakery shop as a headquarters. In the late 1980’s after his uncle Joseph Armone was convicted on Federal racketeering charges, John Gotti promoted Handsome Jack to capo to take over Armone's crew.