De Pasquale's has been a staple in this neighborhood for decades. For many years they just made sausage, but for years and years now they've carried all kinds of specialty Italian items, though they still make their own sausages. They have fresh pastas, cheeses, both domestic and imported. Beans, dry pasta, tomato sauce, all the Italian specialties. Holiday specialty items and cooking supplies (cheese graters, stuff like that), olive oil, chocolate -- you name it and they manage to cram it into this tiny store front. Still managed by a branch of the family, this is the place to go (why drive to the North End??) Not to be confused with the other De Pasquales on Adams Street (which is a convenience type store, but in the same family)
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