Papa Joe

“Icon,” “community staple,” and “Santa Claus of the summer,” are all titles that people gave to Joe Barbato, but the one he wore with most pride was simply, “Papa Joe”. “Every town hopefully has someone like Papa Joe, who just makes the town nicer,” said State Rep. Noreen Kokoruda. After more than 25 years of serving up ice cream in…

“Papa Joe” ran an ice cream truck in Madison for decades.