Monday, November 7, 2011

The Italo-American Grocery Store, Hudson Street, The Burg



The Italo-American Grocery Store, Hudson Street, The Burg
Located on 400 Hudson Street at the corner of Elmer
Street. It was a Burg institution for decades and still
looked about the same as it did many years earier in
this picture from 1981. Thank you for this picture
Dennis Bush:)

3 comments:

Ralph Lucarella said...

HI MAC....MAZILLIE AND BATTISTA WERE THE OWNERS BACK IN MY DAYS AND I MUST SAY IT WAS THE BEST ITALIAN MARKET IN THE CITY. MUCH OF THEIR PRODUCTS WERE IMPORTED FROM ITALY AND WERE SOLD LOOSE, NOT IN PACKAGES, LIKE THEY ARE TODAY. I SURE MISS ALL THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD STORE THAT WERE AROUND IN THOSE DAYS. BEST REGARDS.

Mack said...

Hi Ralph:)
Mazzilli was at 320 Hudson and The Italo-American Grocery Store was at 400 Hudson. They were across the street from each other at the corner of Hudson and Elmer in 1957:)) YUMM!!

Ralph Lucarella said...

HI MAC...CAN'T SLEEP TONIGHT. THERE WERE SO MANY STORES IN THE BURG I GET CONFUSED. NOT MANY PEOPLE RECALL THAT WE HAD A STORE AT 123 MOTT ST. IN THE 20'S. SORRY.