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Sunday, August 17. 2014

Arthur Avenue

No visit to NYC is complete without a little side trip to Arthur Avenue in the Bronx. The old Little Italy in downtown Manhattan has mostly been invaded by new Chinese immigrants who have been expanding Chinatown, and the Italians have moved through the tunnel to Jersey. Don't ask me why.


Today, New York's Little Italy is Arthur Avenue in the Fordham area of the Bronx. It's near the lovely Fordham campus, The Bronx Zoo, and the famous and magnificent New York Botanical Garden.


Is it a "safe" neighborhood? Hardly need to ask that about a heavily Italian neighborhood in New York, for several reasons. You do not need to lock your car. Many in the metropolitan area come by just to shop for Italian delicacies.


The restaurants do not take reservations, so you have to plan it out, be early, or wait in line a bit. Lots of folks I know like Roberto. I need to get there soon.


This person documented and photographed her routine shopping outings to Arthur Avenue.

Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink, Our Essays at 15:07 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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Thanks for the Arthur Avenue side trip.

As in the US, immigration blessed Canada with a large Italian community and there aren't many cities where there isn't a Little Italy of some sort. Thank God too! How else would I get my mozzarella di bufala?

One perq of being a Catholic kid was growing up regularly rubbing shoulders with whole extended Mediterranean families - Italians and Portuguese in particular - that the WASPs only briefly encountered in restaurants and trips to Europe.

What a cultural education that was!
#1 JJM on 2010-08-16 09:31 (Reply)
The Italians are moving to NJ because - holy crap - NYC is ridiculously expensive.
#2 NJSoldier on 2014-08-17 17:35 (Reply)

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