NYC Sentinel

Moe Albanese: Elizabeth Street’s stronghold

It’s 2:30 p.m. on a sunny Tuesday afternoon in Little Italy and Moe Albanese, 85, sits on a wooden chair outside his shop’s battered, red-painted storefront, wearing a bloodied butchers smock. Above his head, a white sign, its blue lettering faded with time, reads: “Albanese Meats & Poultry.” In 1923, Vincenzo Albanese, Moe’s father, immigrated to [...]

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Cannoli and the Church in Little Italy

The Feast of San Gennaro, a 10-day festival celebrating the eponymous Neapolitan Saint, comes off as less a religious event and more as a celebration of Italian heritage. Arches of shimmering green, white and red bunting hang over several blocks of Mulberry Street in downtown Manhattan, the air suffused with the scent of fried dough and [...]

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