Italian American Life in New Haven, CT

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Join Rossella Rago, Patrick O'Boyle and John M. Viola, co-hosts of "The Italian American Podcast", as they hit the road to visit the US city with the highest percentage of Italian Americans... New Haven, Connecticut!
In this episode, the trio heads north to celebrate Pat's birthday in search of his #1 bucket-list pastry... a St. Joseph's Day Zeppole from Lucibello's Italian Pastry Shop. But, before they can make their way to the famed pasticceria, they're on a pilgrimage to see a few of New Haven's premier Italian American sights... and to try the the city's unique "apizza" in Wooster Square... New Haven's own Little Italy!
"Greetings From Italian America " is presented as a joint project of The Italian American Podcast and The Italian Sons and Daughters of America (ISDA), one of the nation's most important organizations for Americans of Italian descent. Each month, we'll explore the people, places, and peculiarities of the Italian side of America, bringing the heart of the Italian American experience to 25 million Italian Americans, and to the wider world... delivering history, discussion, examination, and connections with smarts, heart, and a lot of laughs!
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Directed by Joe Minnella
Written by Joe Minnella and John M. Viola
Executive Producer Basil Russo
Producers John M. Viola, Rossella Rago, Pat O'Boyle and Joe Minnella
Narrated by Rossella Rago
Hosted by John M. Viola, Rossella Rago and Pat O'Boyle
Director of Photography and Editor Joe Minnella
Featuring Original Music By:
Dresden, The Flamingo (Soundstripe)
TituS (Soundstripe)
Moments (Soundstripe)
Other music provided Royalty Free from KZfaq and via Public Domain from MusOpen
Special Thanks
ISDA
The Liuzzi Family
Liuzzi Gourmet Food Market
Lucibello's Italian Pastry Shop
Sally's Apizza
Filmed in New Haven, Connecticut

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@edwardgabriel1946 2 жыл бұрын

I was raised in an Italian neighborhood. I thought there were only Italians in the world, but my family were near eastern.. Immigrants. I ate pizza many times at Pepe's pizzeria on Wooster St. I can still taste the raw clams we ordered with the pizza. That's when I was 16. I'm 93 now. All my bosom buddies were Italian. Great memories.

@ItalianAmerican 2 жыл бұрын

God Bless you Edward! We can only imagine what your neighborhood was like 93 years ago! Thanks for watching, we hope you enjoyed!

@frederickrusso2971 4 жыл бұрын

Your segment on New Haven brought tears to my eyes... I was born and raised there and have so many wonderful recollections as a young Italian boy growing up there...

@ItalianAmerican 4 жыл бұрын

Grazie! We're glad it passed the test of a local!

@jeanneamato8278 2 жыл бұрын

Anytime you’re with friends especially Italian friends, it’s a gift.

@marialenakhawly2162 4 жыл бұрын

I miss real Italian pizza, cheese, bread, pastries. Houston is so lacking in Italian culture. I miss my people! Thank you for bringing me along with your videos. I’m so loving this series. 💗

@ItalianAmerican 4 жыл бұрын

Grazie Marialena... we've got a few reliable paisans in and around Houston... perhaps we need to make the trip down to send Greetings From Houston!

@harryconte7222 4 жыл бұрын

Try a couple of places up in Cypress. Brother's Pizza on Skinner and Backdoor Pizza and More in Hockley. Not New Haven but not too bad either.

@noizynaybah5827 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I hated when I came here too....only culture is BBQ....NEW HAVEN...BEST APIZZA

@ramencurry6672 Жыл бұрын

You probably can find some decent Italian foods in Houston if you search around but yes I agree it’s still not the same vibe. I also live in the south and the vibe is generic and bland for the most part.

@eusebiocalderon4261 3 жыл бұрын

I am from Chicago and love ITALIAN FOOD. AND I AM PUERTO RICAN I LOVE YOUR ACCENT.

@harryconte7222 4 жыл бұрын

Born and raised in New Haven and now an ex-pat in a different state. Miss many of the foods from that area particularly the pastries and pizza. The water is too hard down here so the dough could never rival what they do in New Haven. Thanks for bringing this walk down memory lane.

@ItalianAmerican 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, we're glad you enjoyed!

@paullisanti8673 Жыл бұрын

Rosella Rago is a Simpaticona Donna Italiana!

@makinmoneywithjuan1108 3 жыл бұрын

Y’all forgot roccos bakery on ferry street it has pretty good pastries and really good stuffed breads like apicellas bakery on grand ave but better.

@ItalianAmerican 2 жыл бұрын

A good excuse for a return trip!

@KofCFrank06511 2 жыл бұрын

Hope you guys return to New Haven again in the summer months...

@BernShen 2 жыл бұрын

Brought back great memories - used to live above Consiglio's on Wooster St. 4 decades ago :-)

@ItalianAmerican 2 жыл бұрын

That had to be a great place to live! Thanks for watching.

@annstaudt7613 Жыл бұрын

Enjoying this video and miss our Italian food. Nothing like it in North Carolina.

@albertoanacletti7817 3 жыл бұрын

Wow ottimo cibo !!New Haven CT .Salute!🇮🇹

@ItalianAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

It's a great town!

@fstats 7 ай бұрын

Sorry you got skunked on Zeppole, Pasquale. You guys need to make another visit, but next time we need to set you up with the full immersion experience. Come back in June for the Sant’ Andrea Avest (runs concurrent with festivities in Amalfi) and to learn more about the history of immigration to New Haven, primarily from the Sorrentine peninsula and the iconic New Haven style a’pizza that developed as a result. You’ve only scratched the surface with your visit, we have much more to share of our Italian American experience.

@DawnHines-un7ls Жыл бұрын

Love my city new Haven CT

@joeanddianeroberts1101 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Gave me a place to go to on vacation! You guys do really great work. Keep it up! Old Italians, like me down here in Texas really enjoy seeing these places. .......yes, there are Italians (Sicilians) in Texas. Ha ha! Giuseppe Pasquale Roberti (Roberts was a name change back when my grandfather came from Italy....oh well.. it happens)

@anaann3434 2 жыл бұрын

Home is the best place. All of us from Wooster Street will always come home.

@ItalianAmerican 2 жыл бұрын

Nothing like home! Thanks for watching!

@cjaquilino Ай бұрын

4:45 So here's the updated history of US pizza: New Haven apizza (and other early Italian American pizza) is *closer* to 19th century pizza in Napoli than modern pizza napoletana. Modern pizza napoletana became what it is today with the introduction of refined "Manitoba" flour (from Canada) and the eventual invention of 00 flour "in the 60s or 70s", according to Mauro Caputo of Mulino Caputo. During the wars, flour in Napoli was semi-whole wheat (with additives to bulk up supply) and the pizza lacked the puffy cornicione of today. Also pizza fritta (fried pizza) became more common on the street than baked wood fired ones. Before that in the 19th century, whole wheat flour was all that existed. And pizza was patted thin yet had a dense crumb but was baked crispy. We've found descriptions of pizza from the mid-19th century that describe the recipe and bake time as virtually the same as it was made in the early US pizzerias, e.g. Totonno's on Coney Island, Papa's in Trenton, or Frank Pepe's.

@over50andfantabulous59 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking me home. Love this soooo much.

@ItalianAmerican 2 жыл бұрын

So glad you did! Thanks for watching!

@goldenage 4 жыл бұрын

Lucibellos is all about the cannoli. The best.

@joannepuglia8050 4 жыл бұрын

You are all the best! I am enjoying these episodes soo much! Thank you! Educational, funny, and entertaining!

@ItalianAmerican 4 жыл бұрын

grazie Joanne! That is what we are going for!

@joepasquarello1273 4 жыл бұрын

Nice-a nice!

@ItalianAmerican 4 жыл бұрын

Grazie!

@j.manuelcharriez8115 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome...

@ItalianAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

Many many thanks

@alipalocilesta 3 жыл бұрын

Saluti dall' Italia !!!!

@aldavino8271 4 жыл бұрын

No better pizza in the world than New Haven!

@MrRichiekaye 2 жыл бұрын

The others ain't even close!!!

@christopherchampange9401 2 жыл бұрын

We have the best pizza anywhere. Even travel just outside the city, it’s good. Go to other metro areas in CT and the quality of pizza disintegrates rapidly!

@SWITCHMASHER 3 жыл бұрын

This is the New Haven I grew up in and miss

@ItalianAmerican 2 жыл бұрын

We loved every minute of our trip!

@RachelFerrucci86 4 жыл бұрын

I was with you all the way until you went for the zeppole /san giuseppe. Growing up in New Haven means I know the best places for everything. Liuzzi for cheese, Sally's for apizza, Lucibello's for Italian Cream Rum cake, and Rocco's on Ferry St. for zeppole! Also Romeo's for your meats for antipasto and for the best anginettes, you'll have to call me because everyone orders cookie trays from her! @RachelFerrucci

@ItalianAmerican 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip! We'll have to go back and compare zeppole!

@CowSaysMooMoo 2 жыл бұрын

Rocco's in Fair Haven...#1 !!!! Right across from my alma mater, St. francis, where the nuns hit you with a ruler and you BAKED on the 3rd floor in June....

@catherinebrown9119 2 жыл бұрын

Clam pizza. Homesick!!! ( I'm inTexas)

@mryonan5865 3 жыл бұрын

Love New Haven area

@ItalianAmerican 2 жыл бұрын

So did we!

@vingaetano 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been going to Liuzzi’s since 1995 ❤️❤️❤️

@bobdaniello3370 2 жыл бұрын

That Columbus statue is gone..took the heart out of the community.

@chris.fitzgerald 2 жыл бұрын

You just skimmed the surface, you have Modern Pizza, Libby's Italian Ocean, Tony and Lucille's just as starters...

@trombonecoach 2 жыл бұрын

The best pizza in the US is in New Haven, CT, and I’m from NYC…don’t tell anyone.

@halbrenner8635 3 жыл бұрын

you should have gone to DiSorbo's in Hamden. Best bakery around, great Zeppole and I love the sfogliate, the spinach bread and the cigala (sp?) chigala? bread. close to Liuzzi's

@ItalianAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips! Now we've got a great jumping off point for our next trip up to Connecticut!

@halbrenner8635 3 жыл бұрын

@@ItalianAmerican it's not much to look at but it is authentic. of course go to Sally's too, it is Number #1 amongst the real guineas. Ernie's too is in a different part of New Haven and the pizza has more cheese, but its an old school family biz around for ages in a neighborhood that was traditionally Italian. There are also many spots in the suburbs like Branford, Guilford etc where all the real Italians moved to from New Haven in the 70's.

@genovee Жыл бұрын

@halbrenner8635 2 жыл бұрын

even when they get off the exit in North Haven the sign is sponsored by the law firm Parrett, Porto, Parese and Colwell...I detect at least 2 italian names there

@ItalianAmerican 2 жыл бұрын

Great Eye! You can't find many places more Italian American than New Haven!

@jerryabrowne 2 жыл бұрын

I got lost and ended up in Staven. There was trees on the poles!

@MarionMarchetto_Author 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this. My husband used to work at Lucibello's when he was in high school but he's forgotten (?) the recipes - pretty convenient huh? We miss the great Italian food to be had in New Haven. Nothing like that in FLorida.

@ItalianAmerican 4 жыл бұрын

There are a few hidden gems in Florida... we are going to have to get an episode there soon!

@maxkol4380 3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Seattle. Spaghetti out here is, like Ray Liotta says in Goodfellas, "egg noodles and ketchup"

@aldod3937 3 жыл бұрын

Lobby babas are THE BEST

@ItalianAmerican 3 жыл бұрын

So many great options!

@Dirty_Lamberti Жыл бұрын

Next time go to Rocco’s they got better zeppole anyways

@dinostigliano8888 2 жыл бұрын

Love CT dino from Boston ❤💪🤌

@TRATTORE1225 3 жыл бұрын

La mozzarella di bufala non e’ un derivato del latte e’ un derivato della felicita’!! Ossequi dalla Puglia,

@ItalianAmerican 2 жыл бұрын

There is nothing quite like it! :)

@spideraxis Жыл бұрын

The town with the highest percentage of Italians is Johnston, RI. At 7:!6 it's Lu-chee-BEL-lo, not "Loo-see-BEL-lo.

@dwightchapin9833 2 жыл бұрын

next time go to Roccos on ferry street about 10 min. away.

@ItalianAmerican 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! We love a good tip!

@frederickrusso2971 4 жыл бұрын

You could have gotten zepole on Wooster Street at Libby's...

@ItalianAmerican 4 жыл бұрын

closed that day :(

@maxkol4380 3 жыл бұрын

is there a Traditional Latin Mass in New Haven?

@azizjad6315 2 жыл бұрын

Respect for Italiens

@stephaniepicone9209 4 жыл бұрын

Aweee poor Pat, how could u do that John!!!?? Who Was taking the video in the van?

@ItalianAmerican 4 жыл бұрын

John blew this one... and will never live it down!

@leeannlack6521 Жыл бұрын

Help looking for real Italian pastry shop in the towns of Seminole, Largo or Clearwater Florida

@nicholasholiday941 10 ай бұрын

Apizza is not a pure 'medigane invention, it's pure "napulitan'.

@CinCee- 2 жыл бұрын

New Haven does not have a higher % of italians than Staten Island. Idk how they're the #1 city.. Its not even close. There's prolly more italians in SI than there is people in New Haven.

@ItalianAmerican 2 жыл бұрын

But Staten Island is NOT a city... it's a borough/county so there is a technical distinction that demographers take into account. So Staten Island is the highest percentage of Italian Americans for a COUNTY, which we point out in our latest video when we visited there! Thanks for watching!