Angela Scimeca’s parents emigrated from Sicilia around 1908 and settled in South Philadelphia, where they brought their passion for good food and entrepreneurship. They built a bustling store, Scimeca’s delicatessen, on the corners of Passyunk Avenue near Christian Street along with an even more bustling family of 11 children.

When Angela was old enough, she took a “Rosie the Riveter” job at the Philadelphia Navy yard. In 1944 sailor Donald Moore, originally from St. Louis., Mo., was stationed there and they fell in love.