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| - This is my favorite Italian market in Pittsburgh. I buy food from here almost every week. It doesn't have the crazy selection (or crazy crowd) of Penn Mac, but what it does have is a serviceable meat and cheese counter, a good range of olive oils, a few different brands of canned tomatoes, nice pepperoni, and a tiny little produce section which is heavy on the peppers. I usually get my pasta from here rather than Penn Mac. They have a few different choices of brand, all of them decent, and you don't have to fight a hundred out-of-towners if you want something. The people are friendly, and if you stop in frequently, they remember you (Penn Mac and a lot of the other stores are just too crowded for the level of fussing-over that you'll get here).
Jimmy (the guy with the cigar permanently ensconced in his mouth) also makes fabulous pepperoni rolls and sandwiches. We like to eat lunch here as a break during our grocery shopping. During the warmer seasons, you should sit at the outside tables and people-watch, because you will see and hear some truly hilarious stuff (this is the place where I heard the guy from Hermanowski's corner store chatting with the nun selling raffle tickets about another nun, Sister Dominica or something similar, who had won $50 on the scratch-off lotto and blown it all on more scratch-off tickets). There's also an upstairs dining room for when it gets colder out, though.
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