Pino's Italian Food Market Opens In Dix Hills

Move complete Iavarone; watch retired Uncle Giuseppe — nan original Salpino’s Italian Food Markets of Wantagh and Babylon has expanded northbound to Dix Hills. The caller Pino’s Italian Food Market, which clocks successful astatine conscionable nether 15,000 quadrate feet, is nan company's largest shop of nan trifecta.

The Salpinos markets, South Shore Italian nutrient staples, began successful Wantagh successful 1985 nether Pino Barbieri and his relative — who now owns nan North Bellmore store, and is no longer affiliated pinch Wantagh, Babylon or Dix Hills. The newest market  is being tally by Pino and his boy Paul on pinch Paul's brother-in-law, Larry Avvenire.

"Our extremity was ever to expand," Paul Barbieri said. "We’re getting busier and busier each year, truthful we needed a bigger location. We’re a family-owned company and nan family is growing."

The Dix Hills location brings a much interactive acquisition to shoppers, pinch each of soul workings of nan room exposed. "Things we would do down nan scenes astatine nan different stores — for illustration making mozzarella, baking our ain caller breadstuff — are connected show here. Sure, you tin show group ‘we make our ain stuff,’ but it’s overmuch amended word-of-mouth to spot it pinch your ain eyes." The bakery ovens, which beryllium correct down nan bakery counter, connection front-row seats to nan bread-making process. "We scheme connected implementing that successful nan different 2 stores, small by little," Barbieri said.

The store's galore solid cases are afloat of prepared nutrient options for priced-by-weight carryout from chickenhearted cutlets to cavatelli Bolognese, eggplant Parm, Caprese salad, fried cauliflower and sautéed broccoli rabe. Prime cuts of meat, information discs of pork and chickenhearted sausages, marinated kebabs, prepped meatballs, and a bevy of steaks and chops glitter successful anticipation of barbecue season. Scores of imported pastas — some caller and dried — herb sauces, oliva oils, and vinegars statement shelves, positive almond, sesame and pistachio cookies of each stripe. There are Easter baskets imported from Italy loaded pinch Italian cocoa eggs, positive a afloat bakery making not only semolina loaves ($3.99), but Italian cookies of each shapes, pastries, cakes, and desserts. An espresso and java barroom sits beside nan bakery, caller juices. Boars Head carving stations for pork, chicken, and pastrami are connected nan horizon.

One of nan celebrated draws astatine lunchtime: Made-to-order sandwiches elevated erstwhile done "Pino’s Way" connected Salpino’s caller prosciutto breadstuff (trust us!). Standouts see nan Son of a Peach ($19.99), made pinch prosciutto, arugula, sliced peaches, burrata, and basking honey, and nan La Firenze ($6.99) pinch saccharine soppressata, crisp provolone and E.V.O.O. connected toasted ciabatta bread.

Pino’s Italian Food Market & Caterers, 683 Old Country Rd., Dix Hills, 631-916-4437, theoriginalsalpino.com; Open Monday done Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.