"It's been coming for years... we are a dying breed," said Lucy DiPietro Manzella, owner of DiPietro Foods Italian market, on her family's decision to shut the business' doors after 41 years at its Springfield Avenue location, just across from the Hilton Library.

The store's last day will be Saturday, Sept. 10. As Manzella and her uncle, Alfonso, recently prepared a customer's sandwich order (the Jennifer: prosciutto, housemade mozzarella and roasted peppers on an Italian roll), she explained that the family decided to sell the building because they wanted a smaller, more manageable space in which to reopen.

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