1..This is a good place to practice your Italian as most of the staff and patrons are either natives or fluent speakers.
2. If you don't like the smell of provolone type cheeses, don't enter - this place is redolent.
3. The domestically produced Italian-type cheeses here are reasonable and quite good - maybe not the same level as imported ones from Italy but not bad. And they carry one of my favourite non-Italian cheeses, Dutch Leyden, for a reasonable price.
4. Deli is extensive, deals not as good as the cheese.
5. If you can't find an unusual shape of pasta you are looking for or have celiac disearse, come here. They have literally tons of fresh and secco pasta with lots of gluten free choices.
6. My Italian immigrant friend who accompanied me on the trip yesterday informed me my $137 shopping bill would have been about 40 euros in Italy. However, they pay about 100 euros for a pair of jeans, so I guess it evens out.
7. Don't go here looking for a butcher, produce, or fresh fish. It's pretty much a deli, albeit a very large one. They do have some baked goods and frozen meat and fish.