Prisco’s Fine Foods in Aurora, Ill., is one of those stores.
Owner Robert Prisco sells a variety of ethnic foods, but Italian tops the list of customer favorites. He sells homemade items like marinated artichokes and mushrooms, veal and beef meatballs with tomato sauce, and sweet and hot Italian sausages. Prisco says that sales from his sausages alone account for nearly 2 percent of his total sales, especially at Christmastime and in the summer. “Italian food is my heritage. Our store is known for its great Italian food at affordable prices,” says Prisco.