Little Italy: Pittsburgh, Pennyslvania

The Strip at Bloomfield Liberty Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenues inlude the section known as The Strip.  A mixture of many people from the various regions of Italy,  Bloomfield is now composed of mostly Abruzzi people.  The influence is obvious in the shops where typical Abruzzi products and foods are sold.  The patron saint of this region, Saint Rocco, is honored in August by the festival to attend.  The area offers great restaurants, cafes and a few excellent Italian gourmet food shops.  This area has many blue-collar factory workers from the local Steel Factories and Plants.

Back in the 1940s and 1950s there were a number of Sicilian/Italians and was the third largest in size only to New York and Chicago.   Today, the Bloomfield section is considered Little Italy with many restaurants like Mariani's, Del's, Amico's, Lombardozzi's, Alezander's, and a number of delis and small businesses.  The best kept secret for Sicilian food?  La Tavola's in the Mt. Washington section.  Its a mom and pop type place, but authentic cuisine, caring and very reasonable.  

There is a pastry shop by the name of Moio's and its located in Monroeville, and they are best known for their Cannoli and Wedding Cakes as well as many other specialties.

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