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Trento NJ also has a very authentic Italian neighborhood and some very good food - Chambersburg
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I lived in Chambersburg during my middle school years.
Coming from a Clevelander who has lived many years in Cleveland's Little Italy, Boston's North End takes the cake for me. I have heard there are some very authenitic areas remaining in Bronx and Brooklyn and New Jersey, but I've only been to Manhattan's Little Italy, which is skrinking everyday and turning into Chinatown.
BUT, if you guys ever find yourself in CLEVELAND, definitely check out the neighborhood!
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My wife is from Cleveland and they go to Little Italy all the time (from Shaker Hts). There is a restaurant there that they say is the best Italian they've ever had.....do you know which one I may be referring to? Regardless, from what I saw in Cleveland that Little Italy actually LOOKED like a neighborhood, and not a district.
My wife is from Cleveland and they go to Little Italy all the time (from Shaker Hts). There is a restaurant there that they say is the best Italian they've ever had.....do you know which one I may be referring to? Regardless, from what I saw in Cleveland that Little Italy actually LOOKED like a neighborhood, and not a district.
The top ones that come to mind are:
Etna
Il Bacio
Valerio's
Baricelli Inn
But others are loyal to:
La Dolce Vita
Gusto
Angelo's Nido Italia
Guarino's
Michaelangelo's
Nutley, NJ is nearly 45% Italian. (A loot of Sicilians)
I think a lot of the locals there originated from Newark. Newark used to have one of the largest Little Italy's in the nation. The riots messed all of that up unfortunately.
It lists some that I may have forgotten on the poll like New Haven, The Bronx, and Brookylyn. It also list some that don't really exist anymore like Vancouver. I hear Toronto has a big Little Italy. I remember having a fabulous Italian dinner & wine in Montreal's Litttle Italy and there some street festivities going on. I didn't know San Diego had one (nor did wiki) as mentioned by one poster. What part of town is that in?
I've actually been to most of the ones on this list, I like them all. Federal Hill is one of my favorites and is one of the best reasons to visit Providence, RI. Baltimore's is tucked away behind the Inner Harbor and feels like an old world neighborhood, it's small but pretty cool. The Hill in St. Louis caught me by surprise, like Cleveland felt more like a genuine Italian neighborhood and not a district like the North End or Manhattan's Little Italy. Manhattan has the... http://www.italianamericanmuseum.org/.
^^I don't really know San Diego city too well, but here's their neighborhood website. It was were the all the italian fisherman lived if I remember correctly:
Was there this morning and still enjoying; especially as the Phils have just re-taken the lead
Hey KidPhilly, do you know this chicken place I'm thinking of.
It's downtown Philly, by 3rd and Ash St.? maybe? Right by the convention center.
It looks kind of sketchy. But it's funny because it was amazing food and the menu had options of like #1- #70 .
Just wondering if you know it.
Back to topic, the Italian neighborhood in Philly was sweet.
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Glad to see a positive, great response about Trenton. I thought Trenton will never catch a break.
