Little Italy: Lodi, New Jersey

Marineo Plaza in Lodi, New Jersey has a great of Sicilian and Italian Culture.  Vitamia Gourmet Italian Foods is the center of activity with their over 100 different types of pasta and ravioli.  Directly across the street is Our Lady of Mount Virgin Roman Catholic Church which still gives masses in Italian only at 10:30am on a Sunday Morning.  A few doors down is Caffe Italia, which proudly displays the Trinacria (a combination of the Greek and Pagan Symbols of Medusa once used to scare away invaders of Sicily) and by far as the best espresso I've ever had in the United States, dare I say perhaps better than that in Italy?

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