Claims of cuisine authenticity are ubiquitous in the food world. The sign on the restaurant's front window may boast of as much, but that doesn't mean the kitchen is backing those words up with ingredient integrity and legit experience. But Lucy and Steve Selvaggio, owners of Casa d'Italia in Harrison, have a pedigree that gives their sandwich shop/café credible faithfulness to Italian-American food.
"Steve and I were both born and raised on Arthur Avenue in the Bronx," says Lucy, referring to the strip commonly thought of as the borough's little Italy. "Both of our parents are immigrants from Italy and came to this country in the early 1970s. We have a profound understanding of true Italian food and its flavors."
