Welcome to Bellarturo's Blog.This is our first post and we are excited to share our experiences living in one of the most famous gourmet food shopping hubs in the United States . You can find the Arthur Ave label in supermarkets everywhere. Not as good as fresh, but almost . Now thanks to Bellarturo, your personal Arthur/Belmont shopper, you don't have to settle for retail versions. Check us out on Facebook.
Everyday the same question turns up in everyone's mind at least three times a day : what are we going to eat today ? Now depending on what's in the fridge or where you live, your answer might be very different than mine. I only have to walk to the corner to 187th St. or over to Arthur Avenue. I am privileged to live in the heart of the Real Little Italy in the Bronx home of the best and freshest food anywhere. I wake up every morning to the glorious aroma emanating from Terranova's ovens. I walk to the kitchen and at once I breathe in the smell of sugar and butter magically being transformed into an Artuso creation. I walk out into the front yard and my nose is treated to a smorgasbord of delight. Depending on the direction of the morning breeze, I can smell the mozzarella smoking behind Joe's Deli or the coffee being ground and the milk scalding for the best Cappuccino anywhere. I catch the smell of peppers roasting or eggplant frying in preparation for the lunch menus. I can smell the lemon and garlic chicken baking . Walk to the back yard and Arthur Avenue hits me with it's glorious pungency. All at once : cheeses, seafood, cold cuts , meatballs and then the Pizza shops ! It makes me want to cry to think of all those people driving right through the neighborhood and in a zombie-like trance going through the McDonald's Drive thru . Not me. Heading over to Arthur.Follow the smell ; kind of like Hansel and Gretel, except this is Zia Maria Giussepina and her brother Enzo. How about a hot potato and egg hero topped with mozzarella ? No ? Then try a pepper and egg hero topped with provolone. Wash it down with a frothy cappucino. Head over to the Arthur Avenue Market, Stop in . for a bite. Go around to the other side for some pastry and coffee at Giovanni's. Need bread ? Madonia and Addeo is just a couple of doors down. Italian soul food at it's best; an art form. While on Arthur ,do some shopping. Broccoli di Rapa looks good today. So does the lamb sausage at Biancardi's. Can't get there ?
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