Golden Day in New York’s Real Little Italy: Arthur Avenue in the Bronx
When I’m not in Italy, I seek other comforts in my Italian American world. Such as: New York’s REAL Little Italy: Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. I’ve long loved this humble neighborhood of shops, bakeries, and restaurants—many that have been run by Italian-Americans for generations. It’s a kick to leave the skyscrapers of Manhattan behind, and in just a half hour feel as though I’m stepping back in time, to the days when I’d trail behind my mother on a shopping outing in the small town I grew up in, as we’d go from baker to deli to pizzeria—where everybody knew our names. The ArthurRead More →