Faicco's Pork Store (260 Bleecker St.).

Faicco's is, to many New Yorkers, synonymous with sausage. Sweet or hot Italian sausages abound in this brightly lit, sparkling store. But there are also fresh, meticulously trimmed meats of every description. Faicco's also serves a healthy sampling of Italian delicacies—eggplant appetizers, fresh pesto, olives—as well as basic staples like dried pasta and tomato sauce, wedges of provolone and balls of fresh mozzarella.

And for those too busy to labor over a full-on Italian feast, Faicco's offers prepared heat-and-eat packages of eggplant Parmigiana, stuffed shells, dry sausage, seared broccoli rabe and other specialties to take home.