Italian Delicatessens

[ken T]

Please help this transplant find the best Italian Deli in Seattle!!!

[ScorchedPalate]

Is this a trick question? :D

Armandino's Salumi

[ken T]

There has to be more, especially offering greater retail selections, i.e. oils, pastas, etc...

[vengroff]

There has to be more, especially offering greater retail selections, i.e. oils, pastas, etc... 

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DeLaurenti in the market may be what you are looking for.

[DRColby]

I don't know what it takes to make a deli, but PFI is hard to beat for cheese, olives, meats, etc.

Dave

[olivina]

Ken,

Do you mean the kind of Italian delis found on the east coast, who sell amazing meatball sandwiches, muffaleta, canolli, anchovies in salt by the piece, not just fresh mozzarella but curd as well, aged, ager and agest (?) reggiano, strong olives cured in the house, hard crust bread with that soft to die for crumb, green olive oils from Tuscany to fruity ones from Calabria and anything else a hungry person could want?

Sorry, nothing like that here....Just kidding!

But you won't find it all in one place. One must travel to all the aforementioned stores (salumi, delaurente...) to buy what they do best. Hope you have a car.

Where are you from anyway?

[little ms foodie]

I don't know what it takes to make a deli, but PFI is hard to beat for cheese, olives, meats, etc.

Dave

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I agree, but meat and cheese is sold by the pound minimum

[Peter Johnson]

I don't know what it takes to make a deli, but PFI is hard to beat for cheese, olives, meats, etc.

Dave

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What is PFI?

Thanks.

[tsquare]

I don't know what it takes to make a deli, but PFI is hard to beat for cheese, olives, meats, etc.

Dave

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What is PFI?

Thanks.

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also know as Big John's

[Eden]

Pacific food Importers/Big John's PFI

Here's the website.

They are notoriously difficult to find so here's the thread with instructions.

[Peter Johnson]

Thanks--that place looks terrific! Never heard of it!

See you there on Saturday!

[ken T]

Olivina ... Originally Boston and you described what I was looking for exactly!!!

[DRColby]

Wendy,

PFI will sell in less than pound units if they have it cut already, and sometimes on the more expensive cheeses if you ask nice.

Also, take your own containers if you want olive or feta brine with your goods.

dave

[little ms foodie]

good info dave!!!!

[olivina]

Olivina ... Originally Boston and you described what I was looking for exactly!!!

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It is the stuff of my dreams..

Italian-american is good, no? Does Boston have those storefronts packed floor to ceiling with Italian foods, little wood counter with a cash register, walk thru the store into a little restaurant? I want one of those here.

I'm having major nostalgia

[JasonTrue]

The secret to getting less than a pound at PFI is to ask for a "small chunk" of whatever you're after, and not care whether it's 1/4 or 3/4 pound. You'll find some way to use it, and they probably won't be irritated with you, especially if you're there buying other stuff.

Wendy,

PFI will sell in less than pound  units if they have it cut already, and sometimes on the more expensive cheeses if you ask nice.

Also, take your own containers if you want olive or feta brine with your goods.

dave

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