After a nice, relaxing week on the farm visiting my mom and sister it’s so good to be back in my city! And I’ll be here in NYC for almost two whole months! Yippee!
So this weekend it was time to do some exploring…in the NYC borough of the Bronx, the Belmont section to be exact. To be even more exact, in the real little Italy. Oh my…sorry little Italy in Manhattan, but the real little Italy on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx has kicked your butt!
Authentic…filled with a rich ethnic mix of Italians, Mexicans, Albanians, Montanegrans…so many beautiful accents fill the air on the sidewalks and in the stores transporting you directly to countries far away…not to mention the aroma of warm baked bread, coffee beans, and pastries. Fresh mozzarella, raviolis, egg noodles, cheese, olive oils to name just a few…and oh yes…cigars. Freshly rolled cigars…one of over a dozen merchants (many generation family-owned) in the Arthur Avenue Retail Market providing the ambiance of “old-world.”
On the streets of Arthur Avenue…oysters on the half-shell…
served right on the sidewalks to be eaten right then and there!
something for everyone…
There will be more to share on this little gem of a neighborhood…because I must return for more…but in the interim this must be shared…the most delectable, melt in your mouth lasagna was had at Antonio’s Trattoria…you know the kind…with multiple layers of thin, buttery pasta with hot, stringy mozzarella cheese…accompanied with a fabulous super Tuscan wine…
Chi mangia bene, vive bene!
(He who eats well, lives well!)
Hope you’re having a great weekend!
Wait! And you didn’t invite US?????????????????????
With these great photos and the way you explain what you saw, and ate…, I feel like I was there… I can even taste that wonderful, “delectable, melt in my mouth, lasagna! YUMMERS!!! Thanks for sharing. 🙂 XoXo
LOL @ Ginnie…. this sounds like great fun for our next visit.
Great pictures.
Might have to make a stop and check out the freshly rolled cigars!
I feel as if I’m seeing and savoring the wonder
right alongside you
and this is pure gift…..thank you:)
-Jennifer
So many things to explore in your city! I will never need a travel guide again ! I just need to follow in your steps. I have never been to the Bronx yet but it looks and sounds exciting.
I am always astonished at how much atmosphere and a sense of lives lived you manage to get into your shots. It truly is amazing, even if I keep saying it for comment after comment. I’d love to travel more, but your Blog is a welcome alternative
lovelovelove your city! and now I’m hungry ~
My kind of place! And another one of your perfect black and white series.
Sounds awesome! My mouth is watering over the lasagna and yummy red wine. I miss you and your city! xoxo