Little Italy in Manhattan-New York is often linked to that generations of Italians who left the "Belpaese" reaching on the other part of the Ocean NYC to find a better life after the sad eventds of the World Wars and for sure the Italian community with its culture played an important role in USA and New York has been one of the main centres of course.
Apart several artists,people of culture,sports,cinema and entertainment also Italian gastronomy has undoubedtly played an important part of Italian culture in this magnificent city of USA called New York,,all people visited NYC,knows how many excellent and fine Italian restaurants has the city on the river Hudson,Marea,Il Mulino,Da Umberto, Babbo,Gradisca,Esca,Bamomte´s.L´Artusi,and the list is very long
If you are in holidays at New Year´s Eve and Christmas Time for shopping but also you want to taste and prepare an Italian dinner in the case you are renting in an apartment in New York or if you want simply searching something to buy about food and wines made in Italy as the famous as famed products Panettone,Pandoro or an Italian Spumante,it is undoubedlty great to see Manhattan or Brooklyn (depending from it is located you accomodation) with that unique and charming mosaic of charming lights from your Hotel room of apartment celebrating the Christmas period with a slice of Panettone and a glass of Spumante Brut Reserve.
New York with its multitude of great shops and stores is a mecca for shopping of course but one in particular is Di Palo´s Store situated in 200 Grand Street with everything you need about gastronomic Italian products.The store is located between Mott Street and Mulberry Street and it is an emblematic and iconic institution in Little Italy and it is like a gastronomic walk along the Italian Peninsula in New York..
Di Palo family is originally from Basilicata,that Southern Region closed between Campania, Puglia and Calabria,and it transported on American land since generations the flavours,the aromas,the quality of pasta,olive oil, cheeses,,hams,salami,wines,cakes and coffee in New York City and much more more if you want a liquor, Grappa, ,Amaro Lucano or Limoncello and fine wines Di Palo´s has all that and more.Another detail very appreciated is the attention to client,an excellent customer service,suggestions about the best quality of products,the staff is very kind and professional.
Di Palo first generation family in New York started with Mr,Savino Di Palo in the early 20th century, making the traditional cheeses mozzarelle and ricotte with fresh milk and he transmitted his fantastic work to the the family and the daughter Ms.Concetta opened a dairy in the year 1925, and later a Store.Since there New York has the best about Italian food on its urban territory thanks also to Di Palo family.It is not easy around to the world to find such a brilliant choice as Di Palo provides if you love Italian food and wines.It is not easy to find sometines the Pantelleria capers in some supermarkets of Rome or Milan,Di Palo has those capers that for a Vitello Tonnato,Caponata or also for a Pizza are the best.
At Di Palo´s you can also find Speck from Alto Adige of the area of San Candido considered one of the best.. Di Palo and the original spicy Salame Calabrese with garlic,pepper and paprika,or the Orecchiette Pugliesi di grano duro that traditional Apulia past homemade with the ancient traditional methods.Furthermore apart the wide selection of cheeses,Toma Piemontese,Pecorino Romano and also ,Sardo,Calabrese,Siciliano and Toscano,you can find over 300 kind of cheeses from almost the Italian regions.
The secret of Di Palo as Store is not only the standard importation of a popular product,,Di Palo family since generations,travels to Italy,visit the best suppliers and producers from Val D´Aosta to Sicily,then they import the best products,they try and taste,they buy the best there is on the market including wines of the best "annata" the best harvest year and with all that,total satisfactions for all clients.loyal and new too.
.Di Palo family has the talent to choose the best and to import the best.Lou,Marie and Sal Di Palo continues the tradition of the grandfathers in the best way and this great store is already a legend in New York.Another guarantee to go to do shopping to Di Palo is the professionally,they perfectly know the products,you can see that,not only for the choice of the products they suggest you,the best mozzarella di bufala Campana they know the traditional conservation in "siero"that mozzarella which when it is cooked is "filante"like a tender string not sticky as a chewing gum,result it is the best mozzarella you can buy.
Pasta at Di Palo´s is absolutely an outstanding chapter,where you can find a real pasta di grano duro made in the typical Italian tradition with the classic time and traditional time cooked and ready "al dente" in about in 7 minutes and half,never so soft and when the sauce is perfectly adherent to the pasta and it is a pleasure to eat and in the store you can find the best products, penne,maccheroni, spaghetti,tortiglioni, bucatini, ,orecchiette, fusilli,maccheroni,,tagliatelle,trofie,all
About ham you can buy in Di Palo´s the best Prosciutto Parma D.O.P,that prestigious ham all the world knows,high quality because you see during the cut the tiny drop,that is the best signal the ham is excellent and it is not dry,and apart the Salame Calabrese mentioned before in Di Palo´s you can find the typical Salame Cacciatore fantastic for appetisers and starters,or in tramezzini and canapes,the Salame Abruzzese very good when you preapre a "Tagliata" the wooden tray with salami,hams,cheese and vegetables and the Soppressata a typical salami originally from Basilicata and Apulia and in some areas of Northern Calabria,a sort of dry sausages,prepared with pieces of ham,pancetta (hard bacon in slices) and shoulder of pork,pepper and some spices,left about 10 weeks in a dark cool place to dry,well Di Palo´s has the best.
About the cheeses you can find everything,from Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana Padano, from Emilia and Bassa Padana,Toma,Taleggio,Fontina,the Pecorino mentioned before ,Caprino the goat cheese,a wide variety of coffee Vergnano,Del Doge with the traditional Italian "tostadura",toasted in Italy prepared and ready for coffee machine,moka and caffettiera.
There is also at Di Palo´s a wide variety of the best olive oil from Tuscany,Sicily,Apulia,ideal for salads,bruschette and appetisers,fish and vegetables.Aboit fine wines,there are the best from almost all regions,red ,white,smooth,sweet, aromatic,dry,from Piedmont to Sicily.For Christmas and New Year period, Di Palo according the typical tradition provides excellent Panettone traditional from Milan and,Pandoro from Verona and naturally fine Spumanti wines to celebrate the events..
New York is a special city in all its essence,special also for that,where you can find everything is lucky to have Di Palo´s if you are in NYC,Little Italy,Manhattan,New Year´s Eve,Christmas Time..You know, there is always something to buy or something you decide in a moment to buy and Di Palo´s is there with all its magnificent,fantastic gastronomic paradise.
Francesco Mari
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