Italian-American scene
New York City
Quick answer
New York is the capital of Italian-American food: red-sauce joints, slice shops, pork stores and the Feast of San Gennaro.
Millions of southern Italian immigrants arrived through Ellis Island, and Little Italy, Arthur Avenue in the Bronx and Brooklyn's Bensonhurst and Carroll Gardens built the template for Italian-American cooking.
What to order: a sausage and peppers hero at the San Gennaro feast, a plain slice, chicken parm, cannoli.
- Neighborhoods
- Little Italy, Arthur Avenue, Bensonhurst, Carroll Gardens, Howard Beach
- Must-order
- a sausage and peppers hero at the San Gennaro feast, a plain slice, chicken parm, cannoli
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