Gus and John had a certain notoriety for their service and for those they liked, they were very nice too. And those who maybe weren’t their clients, they were less than engaged. – Luke Randall

They had their Saturday morning coffee club… The boys would just go in there and ladies would go in there Saturday morning and sit around and just discuss what happened through the week in Fredericton. – Peter Allison

Mazucca Brothers. An institution that started way back in 1913 or somewhere by Mr. Mazucca and was taken over by Gus and John who were a couple of characters. A lot of people used to go into Mazucca’s every day to start their day, get a paper. – Brad Woodside

Gus, he was going to college and I told him I said, , I can’t do this by myself”. So he had to make a choice between the store and college.” – Johnny and Gus Mazucca

It was a mercantile store and it was everything you wanted in there. That was nice when you’re downtown. Everybody was decorated and there you met everybody. – Roger Aube