MOB TALK: Genovese soldier, Vincent “Terry” Teriaca (born in NYC, 1918-2012).

Rare one of late Genovese soldier Vincent Teriaca aka Vinnie aka Terry (1918-2012)). He lived on Miami Beach with wife Lucille. Managed Dream Bar, Miami Beach and his crime sheet mentions a gambling arrest in NYC. Operated capo Gyp DeCarlo's nightclubs in Miami and was associated with mobsters like Patsy Erra, Johnny Dio, Frank Dio and Freddy Felice

Teriaca managed Miami Beach’s Dream Bar, and other Genovese owned nightclubs.

The Dream Bar was one of the hottest hot spots in Miami Beach. It was a popular joint and few knew it was owned by the boys, one of whom was Pasquale “Patsy” Erra, a major South Florida mafioso. One night, Sinatra came in with a big party that included Sammy Davis, Jilly Rizzo, Joe Fischetti of Chicago—one of the wiseguys Lucky Luciano assigned to handle Sinatra for the Mob—-and a bevy of ladies. Of course, the staff went out of their way to make Frank comfortable. Sinatra was plowed. They seated him in the balcony over the stage. For some reason, Frank picked up a chair and threw it over the railing. Luckily, it didn't crown anyone. Teriaca rushed up. Is there a problem, Frank?” “I didn't like that chair,” Sinatra said. “Fine, let me get you another one, Terry said. I don’t like that one, I'm going to throw it, too.” “You throw this one, Frank, and you're going to follow it,’ Teriaca said.

Teriaca was no one to trifle with. But Sinatra was in a fighting mood. When Ben Novack put Sinatra together with Patsy Erra, the gangland leader said he'd be willing to have Teriaca meet the singer, but he'd get his ass kicked. “If Terry threw you out, you had it coming,” Erra said. When Sinatra sobered up, he apologized to Teriaca. “I was out of order,” he said. He figured he was off the hook. That night, however, the crew from the Dream Bar was sitting ringside at the Fontainebleau when the band struck up the Peter Gunn theme, Sinatra's entrance music.

Spotlights swept the stage dramatically as Sinatra came out of the wings and started to sing. Suddenly, Terry stood, picked up a chair, and tossed it up on the stage. Stepping aside, Sinatra squinted into the lights to see who had hurled the chair. He saw Erra and his boys. They were all standing. "I deserved that,’ Frank said meekly.

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