This one is for Don Geoff :

Mmmmmmm That looks great. I love Italian delis

That bottom picture of the ravioli. We call them (I can only sound it out, cause I don't know how it's spelled) "gus-a-day-thee" My mom would make a soup broth, will little round noodles and cook the ravioli in it. Anyone else know what I mean? I tried making them once and sadly they fell apart.

Anyway, looks like a great store.

TIS

Those pics made me drool all over my keypad

A big thanks for posting them DC!

Actually TIS, those are STUFFED SHELLS in the bottom picture.

There are a few old world Italian specialty food shops where I grew up. The one in my home town was called Doma, and I never understood, as a child, how it stayed in business because the smell of the fresh cheeses drove me away. It's still in operation today.

There's another one where my in-laws operated a restaurant. The store is similar to the one DC posted pictures of. When I'm in the area, my wife often has me pick up a porketta.

The meats in the deli case that you posted, DC, look delicious. I like the sausages and beef, but never acquired a taste for the Italian cold cuts.

I didn't see this thread before posting about the same place HERE

As I said, my first impression of Pastosa Ravioli was fabulous, and their mail order prices are very reasonable so give it a shot -- it's the best in the city.

How's the veal?

Chu no why mang? Cause chu got chu head....in chore culo!






For the best veal in the city, I usually go HERE.

these pics look pretty good.

these food look decilious.

Fingerboard Road? They sell guitars, too?

Much as I like living here, the absence of decent ethnic stores and restaurants is pretty bad. The only good ethnic restaurant in town is a Thai place, and it's very good--real Thai, not genetically altered Chinese. No such thing as a salumeria, and the Italian restaurants are so bad here that Olive Garden is the "best"--and Olive Garden isn't even real Italian.

I was passing through the coal regions on I81 in the pouring rain, and stopped by one of my favorite spots, Kowalonek's, for some of their fresh kielbasa, which is indescribably delicious. It's a small place, but has been in business for about a century, still run by the same family in the sleepy mountain town of Shenandoah.

People come from over a hundred miles to pick up a wide assortment of Polish sausage.

Below is the site for their web site.

http://kielbasy.net/index.html

Got some great stuff at Corrado's in Clifton, NJ, and until I did a search for their website to post here, I never knew that you could buy stuff online!! I bought some great prosciutto, mortadella, pasta, cheeses, sopresata, plus they have a terrific bakery onsite!

Corrado's Market

As terrific as Corrado's is, though, nothing compares to Teitel Brothers in the Bronx, which ALSO has an online store I never knew about!!

Teitel Brothers