Before the pandemic, Monica Muzzo Romero, a native of Venezuela, owned Arepa Factory restaurants in the East Village and in the Turnstyle Underground Market at Columbus Circle. She has stocked the shelves with fine groceries, many of them imported from Europe, like tinned seafood from Gueyu Mar in Spain and Italian Golfera Cotechino. Romero Delicatessen, 196 Court Street (Wyckoff Street), Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, 917-909-1647, romerodeli.com. (check: 212-629-0023)Follow NYT Food on Twitter and NYT Cooking on Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest. Get regular updates from NYT Cooking, with recipe suggestions, cooking tips and shopping advice.

Source: New York Times August 03, 2021 03:11 UTC