Stepping inside the door of DioGuardi’s Italian Market and Deli, a visitor is faced with a wonderful maze of old-world authenticity and seemingly endless products and goodies. Where to start is the question. But when owner Jeff Labowitz is the tour guide, it’s great fun.

Food is everywhere you turn. Handmade Italian sub sandwiches. A deli counter featuring premium spiced Italian ham, eight varieties of salami and cheeses galore. Across the store are employees ready to serve prepared foods—jumbo meatballs, stuffed peppers, chicken Parmesan, bourbon-glazed salmon, chicken piccata, balsamic asparagus, roasted potatoes, chicken Marsala, panko-crusted cod. Turn around and there’s a refrigerated display case with lasagna, chicken fettuccini Alfredo, wedding soup and other specialties made on-site.