Possibly the oldest operating La Marzocco GS model in the U.S. if not the world, is still pulling shots at “Riccardo’s”, a fine Italian dining establishment opened by Riccardo and Georgette Spaccarelli in January 1980 in Lake Oswego, Oregon.

The photo captures the name of Kent Bakke’s company, Vision Espresso Sales, Inc. which he opened in the late 1970s to begin importing La Marzocco machines to the U.S. Riccardo’s calls its bar area (open Tuesday through Saturday from 4 pm onwards) “Marzocca” – learn more about Riccardo’s here and when next in Oregon, stop in for good food, good wine and great espresso brewed on a vintage La Marzocco: www.riccardoslo.com/about_us.htm