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A book design for Baycities Italian Deli, a popular Italian grocery store and deli located in Santa Monica.
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The traditional
ITALIAN meal,½ a p o u n d
of bread a
day, 60 pounds of
pasta, and 26 gal-
lons of wine
a year.
It actually means “before the pasta.”
consists ofseveral coursesbeginningw i t h t h eantipasto.
in all itscarbohydrate g l ory
c
{ i
BAY CITIES Italian Deli & Bakery
is a bustling Italian deli near downtown Santa Monica,
a supermarket-size delicatessen that slung fresh pasta and roasted peppers
When you lived on the Westside,
a Bay Cities godmother sandwich was as good as things got.
probably 30 years before the average Santa Monican
There were a zillion kinds of extra-virgin olive oil,
and there used to be three kinds of eggplant caponata
(Now there’s only one kind of eggplant caponata , and they’re often out of that.)
could tell you the difference between a p o r c i n i and a sun-dried t o m a t o .
for o l i v e
salad and super-peppery Toscano
salame, but it was mostly where
If you grew up in the area,
BAY CITIES
was where
your parents
shopped for
manicot t i shel ls
and provolone,
sincesince19251925
homefromwork.
italia
n•issim
o
(adj.)
truly Ita
lian
you hop
ed
on their waythey’d pick up
a few subs
BAY CITIES
was where
your parents
shopped for
manicot t i shel ls
and provolone,
oh my
godmother.
Stacked with
no less than five kinds of cold cuts -- that’d be Genoa sa-
lami,
mortadella, coppacola, ham
and prosciutto --
and a slice of Provolone,
the sandwich com
es on dense, chewy, w
onderful
Italian b r e a d .
the average
ITALIAN
eats
about
½ a
pou
nd o
f bre
ad,
60 P OU
ND
S OF P A S T A ,
The t rad i t i ona l I ta l ian mea l ,
be-ginning
with
the anti
-pasto.
c o n -
s i s t s
o f s e v e r a l
c o u r s e s
It actually means
BE
FO
RE
TH
E P
AS
TA
.
“
”
and 26 ga l lons o f w ine a year.
in a
l l i t s
ca rbohydrate g l o r y,
“� e
God-
mother” includes a slice of
every Italian cold cut on Earth. Fully dressed
with lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, mustard and a few
squirts of a garlicky vinaigrette, a Godmother feeds a couple
of people at least; the guys behind the counter will
look at you quizzically if they suspect you’re
planning to eat a whole one yourself.
BE
FO
RE
TH
E P
AS
TA
. ”
and 26 ga l lons o f w ine a year.
On c e
you’ve got sandwich and
fi zzy French lemonade in hand, you
can either park it outside at one of the
cement tables and watch the absurd
comedy taking place in the parking
lot, or you can wander the aisles
and marvel at the eighteen different
kinds of anchovies, fi fty different
balsamics, a wide selection of
good canned tomatoes, hundred-
dollar truffl e infusions and oils,
cheeses galore, freshly made
tapenades, all shapes and
sizes of pasta, and a great
wine selection in the back.
“
”
You can avoid the lines by ordering online for pickup. Walk into the store, take a hard le� past the registers, walk straight back, and you’ll see a second food prep area on your
le� , with a baker’s shelf in front of it. � ere, on the shelf, you will � nd your order with your name on it, and you can proceed directly to
the register.
t
h
n
k
for
sweet
ripe
tomatoes
which are
a joy
worth
waitingfor!
a
h
e
ae
n
s
v
a joy
� e bread. It’s
that good. Hot
pastrami. Turkey
with avocado.
Or just the bread
baguettes by
themselves.
prov
olon
epr
ovol
one
{� e bread. It’s
that good. Hot
pastrami. Turkey
with avocado.
Or just the bread
baguettes by
themselves.
the
average
ITALIAN
½ a pound of bread,
and 26 gallons
of wine
60 pounds of
THE TRADI-
TIONAL
beginning
with the anti-
in all its
carbohydra te g lory,consists
of several