A very VERY great new FB page to like - no matter where you live!

The status update says it all

Welcome to Little Italy Italian Food Center, a place as close as you can get to fine dining in Italy. If you want the real thing, the real deal for authentic Italian anything, then you want frequent Little Italy Italian Food Center and Restaurant. Their website is inviting and taste tempting, but their newest online foray is their Facebook page, and you really should "like" it and add it to your page.

Immaculate, imported, and extraordinary flavor!

Why? Because if you live even remotely close to Phillipsburg, NJ, you want to make this restaurant your dining and shopping center of choice. The center is spotless; you could eat in their restrooms they are that immaculate. Each time I visit, it feels like they have just built and occupied the building. Cleanliness is next to Godliness, we were taught for 12 years of Catholic school. At Little Italy, cleanliness is goodliness.

Fabulous Food from Little Italy Italian Food Center

A rich array of healthy snacks await your palate and your purchase. Always very hard to resist, this case, nestled next to the cheeses, supplies our snacks. Hard to argue with quality, taste, and the natural nutrient goodness of a Mediterranean diet.

Rome has competition with Little Italy

When it comes to gelato, Little Italy's is home made with recipes straight from Italy. I cannot tell the difference between the Trevi Fountain gelato shop in Rome and Little Italy. Texture, rich flavors, unusual combinations (check the labels) make choosing dessert difficult. And I did not take a snapshot of the dessert case--to die for...

Where else can you buy raffle tickets (3 for $5) on a 20 pound Italian Chocolate Easter Egg? Let me tell you this is chocolate, Italian style, larger than life. Where else can you purchase Italian Chocolate Eggs in any pound weight?

Then there's this smaller egg, 15 pounds. I love that this store lives large, with a big approach to merchandise.

And a large part of that philosophy comes from the center's owner, Francesco. Kinder, dearer, customer friendly--you just won't find--anywhere. He lives to please, and he will custom cook anything for you, on the drop of a phone call. In between cooking specialty items (keep checking his Facebook page for daily additions), he mingles with his customers, shifting between Italian, Southern dialect and English. He is the perfect young man for this business, and he makes dining--and shopping--a pleasure, a delightful experience for palate and pocketbook. One of my all-time favorite places and people, I encourage you to spend some time, on and offline, with Little Italy Italian Food Center.