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Di Palo’s

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Di Palo’s is located on the corner of Grand and Mott streets, in Little Italy. Photo Credit: GEORGIA KRAL
  • Di Palo's is located on the corner of Grand and Mott streets, in Little Italy.
    Photo Credit: GEORGIA KRAL
  • Choose from hot or sweet Soppressata, Salame Abruzzese or Calabrese sausages.
    Photo Credit: GEORGIA KRAL
  • More sausages at Di Palo's. Hungry?
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  • Cheese at Di Palo's in Little Italy.
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  • Hanging prosciutto at Di Palo's in Little Italy.
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  • Lou Di Palo flips through his book
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  • Lou Di Palo began making mozzarella, or
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  • A portrait of Lou Di Palo's grandparents, Concetta and Luigi Santomauro and their son, his father, Savino, is on the wall at Di Palo's, a constant reminder of the history of the grocery - and its purpose.
    Photo Credit: GEORGIA KRAL
  • The cheese case at Di Palo's is filled with Italian cheeses, from Piave and other mountains cheeses, to Grana and Parmigiano-Reggiano.
    Photo Credit: GEORGIA KRAL
  • In another refrigerated case at Di Palo's: raviolis and pastas, olives and cold salads.
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  • Art on the wall at Di Palo shows a man, perhaps a merchant, carrying a lamb on his back and other food in a basket. To eat and share is to live in the Italian culture.
    Photo Credit: GEORGIA KRAL
  • Because bread is a great compliment to cheese.
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  • Lou Di Palo is serious: about his commitment to family and tradition, about his business and customers and about Italian food and what it means to everyone who loves and eats it.
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  • Caciocavallo cheese, imported from Italy, at Di Palo's in Little Italy.
    Photo Credit: GEORGIA KRAL
  • Cured sausages and cheeses hang from the ceiling at Di Palo's.
    Photo Credit: GEORGIA KRAL
  • Lou Di Palo proudly shows off a delicious Piave, or mountain cheese, named after a river that flows from the Italian Alps.
    Photo Credit: GEORGIA KRAL
  • Inside Di Palo Enoteca, the wine store located next door to Di Palo's that was opened by Lou Di Palo's son, Sam.
    Photo Credit: GEORGIA KRAL
  • Lou Di Palo, slicing pieces off a chunk of Parmigiano-Reggiano for a reporter to taste.
    Photo Credit: GEORGIA KRAL

Di Palo’s Italian Specialty Market was established in 1925 and is still selling cheeses and sausages today.

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