Voltaco’s closing after 69 years

OCEAN CITY — A longtime Ocean City favorite, Voltaco’s Italian Foods will close for good early next month after serving customers since 1954.

The owners — Joe Taccarino Sr., wife Vicki, son Jeff Sr. and grandson Jeffrey Jr. — announced the impending closing Sept. 2 on their Facebook page.

“As every season winds down, we always begin to look back and reflect as well as look forward and project,” the post states. “After much deliberation, we have come to the not-so-easy decision to make 2022 our last year in business. We do this with sadness in our hearts, as this life here is the only one we have truly ever known, but we are also happy and optimistic for our futures.”

The post states the family is proud of the business and legacy they have created. It cites multiple generations of customers and countless employees who have been part of that legacy.

“Thousands of lives have been touched from both sides of the counter. We have done our best to approach every order, every day, every season with our best foot forward, with the mindset of it could be our last, because in a business like this there are no guarantees,” the post states. 

The family thanks its customers — “whether you only visited once or were a diehard Voltaco’s loyalist.”

“The lives we have been blessed with have been created through nothing short of hard work, loyalty and dedication from so many, and it is a debt that can never be repaid. … Every single one of you has impacted our lives in ways we can never express.” 

The post also expresses gratitude toward the city.

“Thank you to the city of Ocean City for doing everything you could do to make this town a place that people would flock to, for without that our success would have been lessened,” it states.

The family also thanks “our Creator for blessing us with such an amazing experience.”

“We have stayed in business through wars, hurricanes, floods, multiple economic recessions, employee shortages, supply shortages, a pandemic and just about anything else the world can throw at a small family business to try and stop it. We would be naive to think there is not some sort of divine intervention at play there,” it states. “We have weathered all of these and are finishing things on our terms. We hope we may have touched your lives like so many of you have touched ours.”

The final day of the family’s 69th and final year in business is scheduled for Oct. 9.

By CRAIG D. SCHENCK/Sentinel staff