After immigrating from Palermo, Sicily, in 1971 at the age of eight, Giuseppe "Joe Mozz" Badalamenti and his family settled in what has the highest proportion of Italian Americans of any U.S. county, Staten Island. Since then, he’s made his mark across all five of NYC’s boroughs, building roots with what’s a veritable mozzarella kingdom, Joe Mozz, Inc.

As much as the entrepreneur is a quintessential New Yorker with his spirited storytelling and self-made path, the truth is, Badalamenti is more of an entertainer than a man-about-town. So when people visit, he fuels them with a Joe-crafted meal at home.