Iavarone Brothers Gourmet Foods
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Iavarone Bros. (IB Foods) is a collection of gourmet Italian marketplaces and restaurants. With locations throughout Long Island and Queens, New York, it is renowned as being the first "Salciceria".
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[edit] Origins
In 1919, Pasquale Iavarone walked through Ellis Island, and brought his passion for food and hard work ethic to Brooklyn by opening the first "Salciceria" introducing the finest in old world delicacies. His tempting sausages, coppa and prosciutto gained recognition throughout the city. Iavarone mastered his unique art of sausage making until he was nationally renowned. During the holidays, the demand was so great for Pasquale Iavarone's Italian Sausage that police barricades had to be set up outside the store to control the crowds.
[edit] Expansion
In 1951, Pasquale's sons, Joe and Jerry, took over the reigns and helped perfect the art that their father had taught them. As they expanded with locations in Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island they continued to seek out new ideas to entice the appetite. They met with Frank Perdue, and a new healthy twist, "chicken sausage" was introduced.
In the early seventies, a new generation of "Iavarone Brothers", Pat and John, opened new stores and continued with the legacy, bringing a rather new concept of "prepared foods" and hot catering to food connoisseurs on the run. They also started distributing their own fresh pasta known as "Iavarone Bros. Villa di Pasta". This brand became the exclusive line of fresh pasta products sold in all Iavarone Bros. stores. Several years later, their brother Joseph Jr. came into the family business.
The Iavarones began traveling the world to bring their discerning customers exciting, high quality items to import under their own label. In decades to follow, they opened their additional stores, including New Hyde Park, NY. In early 2001, the Iavarone Brothers expanded this location to a full service upscale gourmet market, including a full selection of aromatic fresh baked breads, their own old world style exquisite cakes and pastries and a full fancy produce department. They have been known to select only the most inspired food mavens to manage each department.
In November 2004, the Iavarone’s largest store opened in Wantagh, NY's Cherrywood Shopping Center, featuring a full Seafood department, a full Butcher, Bakery, Cheese, Prepared Food and Produce department.
Christopher, Jonathan and Michele Iavarone are the fourth generation to enter the family business and carry on eighty years of tradition. They are committed to exceptional service and a passion for creating an inspirational marketplace.
[edit] Restaurants
After overwhelming success with their marketplaces, the Iavarone’s decided to open “The Backroom Trattoria” next to their New Hyde Park location. This gourmet restaurant alongside of the “Fratelli Iavarone Café” serves a wide variety of fine foods and has been hailed by multiple reviews including the Zagat Survey, Newsday and Great Restaurants of Long Island.
In 2007, the Iavarone’s opened “Prime View”, an upscale restaurant overlooking the Long Island Sound in Port Washington, NY.
