Is there an Italian deli type store in the wheeling area,like they used to
have in Pittsburgh PA,. Like in Brookline ,or like they have in the strip
dist, or in south side,
Where I can buy bulk meats and cheese,and would like to buy bulk parmesan
cheese that I can grate my self.
Seems like there were a lot in the Pgh. area, even in east liberty, and up
the road from squirrel hill.
Thanks, Tony Diodati

ANTHONY DIODATI wrote:
>
> Is there an Italian deli type store in the wheeling area, like they used to
> have in Pittsburgh PA,. Like in Brookline, or like they have in the strip
> dist, or in south side,
> Where I can buy bulk meats and cheese,and would like to buy bulk parmesan
> cheese that I can grate my self.
> Seems like there were a lot in the Pgh. area, even in east liberty, and up
> the road from squirrel hill.
> Thanks, Tony Diodati

What comes to my mind are three things:

1) Check with the local reference librarian at the public library in
Wheeling, WV and ask,

2) If #1 option was unable to help, then call the Chamber of Commerce in
Wheeling, WV, and

3) Should neither #1 nor #2 work, then call a local catholic church for
Wheeling and ask its priest or mother superior (or whoever answers the
phone!).

If none of the aforementioned sources is unable to provide the required
information, then that Wheeling, WV Italian deli just (probably) doesn't
exist.

Sky, who's sometimes a wannabe detective

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On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:15:49 -0500, Steve Wertz
> wrote:

>On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:46:37 GMT, ANTHONY DIODATI wrote:
>
>> Is there an Italian deli type store in the wheeling area,like they used to
>> have in Pittsburgh PA,. Like in Brookline ,or like they have in the strip
>> dist, or in south side,
>> Where I can buy bulk meats and cheese,and would like to buy bulk parmesan
>> cheese that I can grate my self.
>> Seems like there were a lot in the Pgh. area, even in east liberty, and up
>> the road from squirrel hill.
>> Thanks, Tony Diodati
>
>You speak as if the strip district doesn't have any more Italian
>deli: Sunseri's... Penn Mac... and of course Parma Sausage
>Company - who's kolbassi I just ate tonight (delivered by a
>friend who just came back from PGH).
>
>I can't help you with Wheeling, but Pittsburgh is still the place
>for Italian - and it's not that far away. Perhaps maybe I'm
>misunderstanding your message. I'd gladly travel the 35 miles
>once a month to The Strip to stock up.
>
Not to mention seeing Ursula, the elderly woman who used to cut big
wheels of locatelli and gorgonzola at Penn Mac Co when I lived in da
Burgh back in the late 80s and early 90s, and seeing the guy next to
her who was missing a finger on his left hand but wielded his cheese
knife smarter because of it. They may have gone on -- I don't know --
but they live in many memories.

Wheeling I don't know except to drive past on the Interstate, but
surely there's somebody entrepreneurial and Italian thereabouts who
sells gorgonzola. Surely.
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"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...

> bean/kimchi pancakes. Best I've ever had.
>
>> Wheeling I don't know except to drive past on the Interstate
>
> I just remember about Wheeling is the bridges over the river, the
> island in between, and that is has/had that old west mining town
> look to it.
>
> -sw

Being raised in West Virginia and Ohio, down river from Wheeling, Wheeling
was the most pitiful looking town I had ever seen; that site is still burned
in my memory. It was so sad just to drive through. My in-laws saw it at
that time in the 40's or early 50's and agreed. I don't know if there are
photos online that could even give you the flavor how awful it was.

In the early 90's we visited and it was absolutely a beautiful place, the
places we saw, anyway. It is one of the cities that has improved, as far
as looks go. Once I told a (successful) medical person that where I was
from, and he said that he was from Wheeling, and that was a totally
different place than where I was from and smiled. Now that I think about
it, I believe he is Italian.
Dee Dee

"Dee Dee" > wrote

> Being raised in West Virginia and Ohio, down river from Wheeling,
> Wheeling was the most pitiful looking town I had ever seen; that site is
> still burned in my memory. It was so sad just to drive through. My
> in-laws saw it at that time in the 40's or early 50's and agreed. I don't
> know if there are photos online that could even give you the flavor how
> awful it was.

A former sil of mine was from Marrietta, Ohio. I thought it was a nice
place, but I certainly wouldn't think to find Italian food there.
That's right across the bridge from Wheeling, unless I'm mistaken.
The area is pretty. The social scene, though, seemed to involve
pickup trucks in the KMart parking lot ... put a recliner back there
and hang out drinking.

nancy

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
>
> The area is pretty. The social scene, though, seemed to involve
> pickup trucks in the KMart parking lot ... put a recliner back there
> and hang out drinking.

That pretty much describes many parts of Pennsylvania as well...

Mary

"MareCat" > wrote

> "Nancy Young" > wrote

>> The area is pretty. The social scene, though, seemed to involve
>> pickup trucks in the KMart parking lot ... put a recliner back there
>> and hang out drinking.
>
> That pretty much describes many parts of Pennsylvania as well...

Yes, I spent some time in the southwest corner of the state when
I was a kid ... it's different.

nancy

"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:02:18 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>
>> A former sil of mine was from Marrietta, Ohio. I thought it was a nice
>> place, but I certainly wouldn't think to find Italian food there.
>> That's right across the bridge from Wheeling, unless I'm mistaken.
>> The area is pretty. The social scene, though, seemed to involve
>> pickup trucks in the KMart parking lot ... put a recliner back there
>> and hang out drinking.


I was born and raised 12 miles south of Marietta 12 miles. Wheeling is up
the river from Marietta 82 miles.
I'm not ever fond of the 'social scene' myself -- so I think that that's a
kind word ;-))

Dee Dee

"Dee Dee" > wrote

>> On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:02:18 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>>> A former sil of mine was from Marrietta, Ohio. I thought it was a nice
>>> place, but I certainly wouldn't think to find Italian food there.
>>> That's right across the bridge from Wheeling, unless I'm mistaken.
>>> The area is pretty. The social scene, though, seemed to involve
>>> pickup trucks in the KMart parking lot ... put a recliner back there
>>> and hang out drinking.

> I was born and raised 12 miles south of Marietta 12 miles.

Funny, Dee Dee, when you said that I looked at a map, I saw south of
Marietta was Belpre ... I watch too many crime shows because I thought,
that's where some cop killed his wife. Sure enough, what comes on now?
Psychic Detectives, that very episode. Queue creepy Twilight Zone music.

nancy

Dee Dee wrote:
>
> Being raised in West Virginia and Ohio, down river from Wheeling, Wheeling
> was the most pitiful looking town I had ever seen; that site is still burned
> in my memory. It was so sad just to drive through. My in-laws saw it at
> that time in the 40's or early 50's and agreed. I don't know if there are
> photos online that could even give you the flavor how awful it was.
>
> In the early 90's we visited and it was absolutely a beautiful place, the
> places we saw, anyway. It is one of the cities that has improved, as far
> as looks go. Once I told a (successful) medical person that where I was
> from, and he said that he was from Wheeling, and that was a totally
> different place than where I was from and smiled. Now that I think about
> it, I believe he is Italian.
> Dee Dee

Your description of Wheeling in bygone days reminds me of Gary, Indiana
when spouse and I drove through that area in the mid-1990s. If it (any
building, whether it be a home or business) wasn't "barred" up, then it
was boarded up! We couldn't wait to put Gary, Indiana behind us, it was
very depressing and rather distressing, too.

Sky

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"Sky" > wrote in message
...
> Dee Dee wrote:
>>
>> Being raised in West Virginia and Ohio, down river from Wheeling,
>> Wheeling
>> was the most pitiful looking town I had ever seen; that site is still
>> burned
>> in my memory. It was so sad just to drive through. My in-laws saw it at
>> that time in the 40's or early 50's and agreed. I don't know if there
>> are
>> photos online that could even give you the flavor how awful it was.
>>
>> In the early 90's we visited and it was absolutely a beautiful place, the
>> places we saw, anyway. It is one of the cities that has improved, as
>> far
>> as looks go. Once I told a (successful) medical person that where I was
>> from, and he said that he was from Wheeling, and that was a totally
>> different place than where I was from and smiled. Now that I think about
>> it, I believe he is Italian.
>> Dee Dee
>
> Your description of Wheeling in bygone days reminds me of Gary, Indiana
> when spouse and I drove through that area in the mid-1990s. If it (any
> building, whether it be a home or business) wasn't "barred" up, then it
> was boarded up! We couldn't wait to put Gary, Indiana behind us, it was
> very depressing and rather distressing, too.
>
> Sky
>

Sky, the bad thing about the Wheeling scene I am describing is that all of
it was a living situation. The houses were almost black they were so dark
gray. The houses and buildings looked like something I could imagine in a
Mad Max movie or in those 30's European films depicting English and European
cities of old. Very spooky even to this day.

What you are describing about your Gary, Indiana experience, I'm wondering
if this is what it might be like in some parts of St. Louis.

By the way, did you see Bourdain's Cleveland last night. The Winter surfing
scene on Laker Erie was nasty.
Dee Dee

Dee Dee wrote:
>
> "Sky" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Dee Dee wrote:
> >>
> >> Being raised in West Virginia and Ohio, down river from Wheeling,
> >> Wheeling
> >> was the most pitiful looking town I had ever seen; that site is still
> >> burned
> >> in my memory. It was so sad just to drive through. My in-laws saw it at
> >> that time in the 40's or early 50's and agreed. I don't know if there
> >> are
> >> photos online that could even give you the flavor how awful it was.
> >>
> >> In the early 90's we visited and it was absolutely a beautiful place, the
> >> places we saw, anyway. It is one of the cities that has improved, as
> >> far
> >> as looks go. Once I told a (successful) medical person that where I was
> >> from, and he said that he was from Wheeling, and that was a totally
> >> different place than where I was from and smiled. Now that I think about
> >> it, I believe he is Italian.
> >> Dee Dee
> >
> > Your description of Wheeling in bygone days reminds me of Gary, Indiana
> > when spouse and I drove through that area in the mid-1990s. If it (any
> > building, whether it be a home or business) wasn't "barred" up, then it
> > was boarded up! We couldn't wait to put Gary, Indiana behind us, it was
> > very depressing and rather distressing, too.
> >
> > Sky
> >
>
> Sky, the bad thing about the Wheeling scene I am describing is that all of
> it was a living situation. The houses were almost black they were so dark
> gray. The houses and buildings looked like something I could imagine in a
> Mad Max movie or in those 30's European films depicting English and European
> cities of old. Very spooky even to this day.
>
> What you are describing about your Gary, Indiana experience, I'm wondering
> if this is what it might be like in some parts of St. Louis.

I'm not very familiar with Saint Louis, although I've had several nice
visits there. I imagine that nearly any town or city any where probably
has depressed and distressed area(s), some more or less than others.

The predominance of security bars and boards on inhabitated and vacant
homes and businesses shocked me while driving through Gary in the
mid-1990s. A nice, well kept property was the oddity, like few
remaining scraps of grains amid all the refuse and chaff.

> By the way, did you see Bourdain's Cleveland last night. The Winter surfing
> scene on Laker Erie was nasty.

Darn, I missed it. I'm sure it'll be back on in reruns, if it already
wasn't one <g>.

Sky

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"Steve Wertz" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:46:37 GMT, ANTHONY DIODATI wrote:

<<SNIP>>>
<<<they used to
> have in Pittsburgh PA,. Like in Brookline ,or like they have in the strip
> dist, or in south side,

Sorry, "Used to have" as when I lived there.
Thanks, Tony