Italo AS

After calling 3 stores for veal shanks, I posted on FB and so many people said Italo on Forest was the BEST butcher. THEY WERE RIGHT! I made osso buco with the spectacular pieces Italo gave me. He showed me the meat, even offered tips to make the osso buco. He was incredibly nice and knowledgable. The store is awesome and convenient to central SI and worth the trip for south shore residents. I love Italy A&S!

— Fresh mozzarella is out of this world 100 times better than Pastosa
–great service
–hot peppers delishhhhhhhh
— imported cold cuts excellent!!!
Great customer service!
Thanks !!!

Italo A&S is a great neighborhood spot to get fresh and delicious Italian food. I recently stopped in with no idea what I wanted and luckily the counter guy offered up great suggestions. He even gave us a mini serving of a few items to help decide. We ordered a grilled chicken kale salad, mozzarella and corazza, eggplant parm and penne vodka. I also picked out a fresh french baguette-​style loaf of bread. I knew I over-​ordered, but leftovers are always better and everything looked too good to pass up on. The owner and counter guy were both very helpful and grateful for our patronage, which is really nice to see as a customer. I’m so glad I found an authentic pork store in my neighborhood.

I just had the best pork chop I’ve ever had in my life.

This A & S and the one on Franklin ave in long island are my go to spots depending where I am. This one in Staten island gets crowded because it has good quality food. prosciutto is excellent.

I’ve been going to this A&S for years and I’ve never been anything but happy with anything I purchased. Some of my favorites are the sweet dried sausage made with merlot, sopressata made with red wine, sun dried tomatoes and provolone, fresh mozzarella etc. Great little pork store on Staten Island!!!

Great food here.
The place to go every Saturday and Sunday to prepare for the week.

When the mister and I came to Staten Island and kicked off our traditional Mozzafest, we were disappointed by the pasty results from our usual place. The MIL suggested A&S since a number of her friends raved about it. We stopped in – almost missed the joint, but thank goodness they have better parking than that ravioli place down the street – and got our goodies. The mozza was fantastic! Very fresh, perfect when barely heated to make it soft and juicy, no pastiness at all. A loaf of Italian bread – great crust, good interior – and a semolina loaf – soft crust, the hamkey gobbled it up but I preferred the Italian. The cold cuts were priced cheaper than the grocery store but we passed those up in favor of a sopressata. Unfortunately when the mister picked hot, he didn’t know the hots hadn’t hung long enough, so it’s a bit soft but we’ll do the hanging ourselves, no big.
Guy behind the counter seemed a bit cool when it was obvious it was the mister’s first time in the place, but by the end he was calling him Buddy, so it’s all good.