The year was 1927 when 18-year-old John Landi first began working in a sausage shop named Jersey Pork Store. The Red Hook, Brooklyn native used the experience he gained to open his own Brooklyn shop, which migrated several times throughout Landi's decades-long tenure. Now three generations of the Landi family have worked in the meats business and use their expertise to craft Italian deli staples.

Inside the store, shoppers can find fresh and dry sausages available in flavors such as broccoli rabe and cheese with parsley, which coordinate with soft housemade mozzarella. The store has since expanded into other Italian delicacies, such as deep-fried rice balls stuffed with cheese and salami that have appeared on the Food Network. Tomato-basil or clam sauces made from scratch top different styles of pasta, which can be enjoyed with sides of stuffed olives.