In the weeks before Easter, the Arthur Avenue section of the Bronx is bustling with shoppers who brave long lines and challenging parking to pick up traditional Italian delicacies, the best imported ingredients, and pastries.

Danielle Oteri, whose great-grandfather was an early shopkeeper in the neighborhood, is often among the Easter shoppers as the co-founder of Arthur Avenue Food Tours, which curates food-and-shopping tours along Arthur Avenue and the surrounding blocks. Here are the five stops she says you have to make.