Scranton, PA - The Italian American City
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- Опубліковано 22 чер 2024
- We’re in North Eastern Pennsylvania, to explore the Italian American side of the city of Scranton and the surrounding areas!
We’ll meet the people behind one of Italian America’s most unique Feasts, visit monuments to religion and the arts, and try some of the best Italian food around… including a memorable meal in the self-professed “Pizza Capital of the World” in Old Forge, PA!
We’re bringing you our six “must see” stops through Italian American Scranton!
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"Six Stops in Scranton, PA"
Directed by Joe Minnella
Executive Producer Basil Russo
Written by Joe Minnella and John M. Viola
Producers John M. Viola, Rossella Rago, Pat O'Boyle and Joe Minnella
Narrated by John M. Viola
Hosted by John M. Viola and Rossella Rago
Director of Photography and Editor Joe Minnella
Additional Footage provided courtesy of High Seas Aerial, Scranton-Times Tribune and George Mann
Special Guests: Stephanie Longo, Angelo Genell, Michael Cappellini, Pierre Mancuso, Paul and Penny Catalano
Featuring Original Music By:
The Fly Guy Five (Epidemic)
AFTERNOONZ (Soundstripe)
Cast of Characters (Soundstripe)
Other music provided Royalty Free from Free Music Archive and via Public Domain from MusOpen
Special Thanks
ISDA, The Italian American Podcast, Stephanie Longo, John Deike, St. Ubaldo Society, Catalano's, Pettinato's, Arcaro and Genell's, The Ritz, Brad Smith, Scranton-Times Tribune, High Seas Aerial, Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum
Filmed in Northeast, PA
I grew up in Scranton with my Italian family and I can say I have been to all of those places. Brought back many memories. I used to love the smell of Catalano's
Still smells the same
I have been away from Scranton for 65 years, yet, even today, I could walk from downtown Scranton directly to Saint Lucy’s! Needless to say, I love and miss the city.
My hometown, lived in Italy for 3 years. Im now living in the UK, I miss Scranton.
Definately a town of great people!
Ironic, I'm from the UK, considering moving to Scranton
@@williamhadley549 hahaha that is. Which part of the U.K. are you in? I’m in Manchester
@@pauleiwalsh Swansea in South Wales. What do you miss about Scranton?
@@williamhadley549 I love wales never been to Swansea though. Oh the people first of all, honest hardworking men and women. The pizza in old forge William is to die for, being so close to the mountains is another thing. If you love the big cities you have Philly and nyc under 3 hours from you
Buongiorno~once again warmed my morning. I love the love and attention you give our large proud Italian community. Keep us all in touch and thriving in culture. Safe travels always ...🙏🇮🇹 Grazie
Grazie! That means a lot to all of us! Thanks for watching, and we're so glad you enjoy!
Are you italain 😍
Thank you for sharing this video. I lived in South Scranton for fifty years. It’s my favorite place with so many memories. It was a special place for me. Loved it.
Thank you for sharing this video. I lived in South Scranton for fifty years. It’s my favorite place with so many memories. It was a special place for me. Loved it.
I've lived in this Valley my entire life and Scranton is always been an Irish City Old Forge is where the Italians are from
Old Forge is definitely an Italian American hot spot!
@@ItalianAmerican absolutely I myself grew up in the Austin Heights area of Old Forge and if you are ever in the area I would recommend Cafe Rinaldi more than anyone as far as I can tell and know they have the widest selection and highest quality food of any of the restaurants I have eaten at their in my 39 years of life especially the traditional white risotto just make sure you're hungry because even an appetizer size portion is more than enough to fill the Common belly well leaving your taste buds dissatisfied by anything you should eat afterwards since it is just that damn good tell Russ I sent you
Does Scranton have any Italian Festivals?
They used to have one on the square every year. And in late spring, a Greek festival nearby.
@@jamesgeorginis3225every labor day weekend.
Wow Italian American Podcast! I would totally enjoy visiting NEPA Lackawanna County! Ever since we were young growing up in Bucks County, PA, there were stories from our friends and neighbors of Scranton and Jessup, PA's Ubaldo festival! I look forward to visiting Scranton PA when the weather gets better! Thank you for another enthusiastic genuine and brief glimpse into our Italian American heritage! Tomorrow is St Patrick's Day 2021! So much to be grateful in this awesome country!
You won't regret a visit to this awesome corner of Italian America! Thanks for watching!!
That was amazing, me being Italian American, I’m Half Neapolitan through my father’s side, and a quarter Calabrese and Sicilian from my mother’s side, but at the same time, I grew up in New Jersey, and in a way, it’s like A Bronx Tale, absolute beauty, no matter what the case is, and any place in America us Italians go, will always absolutely be beautiful, because we always cared about our country the most, and also, I’m definitely visiting Scranton, much love from a New Jersey Italian
Grazie Zack! We're so glad you enjoyed, and thanks for watching!
In the early 1900s, there were so many Italian immigrants in Scranton that the Italian government established a consulate in the Hill Section.
Thanks for sharing! Maybe next time we can find the building!
You'd b hard pressed to find any Italians in hill section tofay. Lots of miguel's and Jamal's but not many Giuseppes lol
So happy to have you back. ❤️
Happy to be back on the road in Italian America! Thanks for watching!
I love these videos so much!
And we love yours!!
Finally, a new video...thanks 👍👍👍
Hope you enjoyed it! It hasn't been easy to arrange filming these days, BUT, we are starting to hit the road again and have a few new adventures in Italian America coming your way soon! Thanks for watching!
@@ItalianAmerican any possibility of doing a video in South Philly???
Just curious...
@@christopherrizzo5421 We've definitely been discussing it and have it on our list!
@@ItalianAmerican that's great, can't wait to see it...thanks for the response...
After coming to America, my family settled in Jessup, Old Forge, and Scranton. This was a wonderful episode and I can't wait to get a copy of one of Stephanie's books! Thank you!
I wish Chicago still had Little Italys like this. There is still a community but it's much more underground. So heartening to see many cities in American regions have done a better job and still carry the torch.
big things happening on Harlem Avenue these days! The National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame is even moving there. We can't wait to visit! Thanks for watching.
@@ItalianAmerican Grazie per la risposta! I would love to see a grassroots effort to reinvigorate the Harlem Ave Italian community! I'm in my early 30s but I remember when I was a kid that neighborhood was jam packed with Italian businesses. I remember it was once decently common to see signs in Italian. The last two decades have been devastating with a changing economy and gentrification. The neighborhood has had a huge influx of Polish and other Eastern European immigration with some Hispanic and Middle Eastern as well. And there's nothing wrong with diversity but I would love to see a bastion of Italian America stay strong. I would love to see a couple blocks dedicated to serving the Italo-American Community and Italofiles at large! It would be nice to see more movement also happening in the Original Little Italy of Taylor street and I still love perusing the remnant stores, restaurants, and churches that remain in that area but sadly gentrification, the university, the expressway, and the city taxes seem to have collectively put a death nail into the original little Italy at least in the way that it was once known. Now let's see some movement on Harlem Ave so I don't have to drive 5 hours all the way to St. Louis' Hill to get my dose of Italiania'!
Love it , thanks so much 😁👍
We're glad you like it!! Thanks for watching!
This was wonderful...well-done! Proud of our area's Italian heritage!
Are you italain 😍
Grazie! It's a great area!
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Hoagie got my mouth watering lol simple and perfetto
Old Forge and Jessup are both boroughs of Lackawanna County, not the city of Scranton. Carbondale is a city of it's own. Since this video the Ritz Theater has new owners. There are so many great Italian restaurants in Scranton and I'm a bit disappointed none of them were shown here. The top ethnicities up to 2010 in Scranton were Irish 21,742, Italian 14,860, German13,404, Polish 9,101, and English 4,325. These statistics have drastically changed the past decade. Other cultural blends have grown here in the city of Scranton before and more so after the pandemic. There are newcomers from various states, including New York City, New Jersey, California and Texas.
I really enjoyed this I m from Chicago and I am looking forward to visiting here
Please do! You'll love the friendly people and great Italian American hot spots!
Don’t it is not good it is a wast of your money lived there for a decade and I can swear on my left nut don’t you will regret it
Yes Angela's right 100% I agree
Catalano's is a treasure! Been going there since I was a little guy...heck...I was there for lunch today!
It sure is! And they were very welcoming to us!
They have pretty damn good salami
Great video
GRAZIE!
Arcaro and genell isn't in scranton it's in old forge. Pettinatos is in Carbondale, 20 minutes away. There's great pizza and Italian food within walking distance or a short drive in this city.
This is great,I'm 100% italian.montella Italy,chestnut capital of the world,also mondelaze and markashan.thank you for this video
Good episode...
Grazie!
Next time you’re in the area, swing by!
Dolores is so 🔥🔥🔥
Oh mio Dio ,bel panino !Stiamo morendo di fame qui !!
❤️❤️
Bel video 👍🙂
Grazie!
I was born & raised in Scranton Pa
I am Italian and grew up with Italian people all over 🥰
I was also born in Scranton. I live in Florida now.
@@KB-us3pz me too! 💜
So I had to watch this just to comment, ya shoulda gone to Catalanos for one with / hot.
So glad you made it there, and got in. Lunch time it's packed there. Best Italian subs ever. That bread just kills and the perfect amount of each ingredient plus extra TLC makes it perfection. I've bought 2 and doubled the meat to make 1 sandwich and it's not nearly as good. $4.75 is a great price for a chunk of heaven.
Great place, when you finally get to the register just say one with or one without if ya don't want peppers and your on you way to complete blis.
Whoever set you guys up on your tour absolutely knows their stuff.
Ok I watched the next segment. I've been to Acaro &Geneli as well. It's just a couple miles down Main st. From Catalanos. (Probably S Main St there.) Great hot subs. I've not found a pizza in the city I like. It's just so different from what I grew up with in NJ. I'm used to great NY style pizza. I'm not knocking it, I might try theirs here. Looks pretty good, just different. Best pizza in the style of NY pizza, for my money is Renos pizza in Hawley or Tafton. It's kinda on the border so I don't know technically which but it's on the east/north end of route #507 by Lake Wallenpaupack.
Thanks for the tip! We will have to try it next time!
@@erikvaldur3334 Have you checked out Buona on Lackawanna Ave? I think that's excellent NY/NJ style pizza
@@joelp5093 I have not. I'll check it out next time I'm in the area. Thanx for the tip.
Rosario’s in Clarks Summit also and by the way, the bread comes from Roscoli’s Bakery in Scranton!
Andiamo a Scranton a mangiare !!
You won't regret a visit there!
Very fun to see some spots I know, and some I’ve only seen from outside. Question tho: who is “El Presidente” that they say visited Arcaro and Genell?
David Portnoy, founder of Barstool Sports and a pizza fanatic!
Ahh. Ok, thnx!
One bite everyone knows the rules
Forza Italia......ciao!
Forza Italia!
Fuí una temporada, creo que fue en septiembre. Estaban celebrado algo no recuerdo, era sobre las personas Italianas. Lo que si recuerdo haber comido mucho, disfruté su gastronomía ¡Fue algo inolvidable! Les saludo desde Honduras.
Forza Italia
SI!!
Im a 100% Irish. But really enjoyed your video on my hometowns Scranton & Old Forge.
I’ve lived in Pittsburgh and I enjoyed the Italian food there
Old Forge...brings back sweet memories of Aldino’s restaurant where they used to serve my father beer on Sundays in the 50’s. They served it in a ceramic teapot and he drank it from a teacup...all the while breaking the law! Fantastic Italian food too! 😁😁
Bologna is not near Lucca ...98 miles far away ....Scranton is amazing and friendly place ...
It sure is, a town filled with nice folks!
She's not saying Bologna... she is saying Bolognana, where Poli was born in 1858. Today the village is known as Gallicano, in the Province of Lucca.
@@ItalianAmerican apologise...I watched again the video and she says Bolognana ...sorry about that
I'm sorry I meant Rosella, so beautiful ❤️
Don't be sorry...Dolores is also a beauty! Not to judge them by their looks, but the truth is the truth with this one. Haha
nice☆☆☆☆☆
Grazie! Thanks for watching!
Vi voglio bene
I am from NYC I have lived in scranton for 10 years...i am 5 mins from Catalanos. Love! Love their hoagies. Definitely disagree about the pizza...the "blend" of cheese is American cheese...I think you either like it or hate it unless you grew up on it. But there are many good places that make a decent NY round with mozz...JS! Good video. Ty!
Grazie! thanks for watching!
There’s plenty of NY style pizza, not just the “old forge” style. Idk what style it is but Nicholas’s is the best pizza I’ve ever eaten. Right across from the jail, try it.
Angelo says on another video with Frank Pinello that the Acaro & Genell blend was mozzarella, white cheddar and a touch of American. The original in town- Ghigiarelli's was mozzarella and brick as confirmed when written up in Parade Mag.
-Great podcast
You're right, the "Old Forge" style pizza has its place, but if you want truly delicious, real NY style pizza in Scranton....you need to check out Roberto's in West Side.👍
I’m glad to see that the meatballs (polpette) were served without spaghetti.
Catalonos is awesome
St. Ubaldos is pretty awesome. Not as good as St. Patrick in Scranton but it’s still cool
Looks like a great feast... we can't wait to go back when it returns!
Come to Johnston RI , that town has more italians per capita , believe it or not Rhode Island is the most italian state, come to RI we have some damn good.. PIZZA !!!
We'd LOVE to! Any recommendations are always appreciated!!
Mass was said in Latin everywhere in the world until the Vatican Council in the 1960's. Same for this church. Sermons were the only thing completely in the vernacular which here would be Italian. Baptisms, marriages and some other devotions such as the Stations of the Cross were said partly in the vernacular. But the Mass was always in Latin.
C’mon man what about Reading PA, saw wayyyy more Italians there.
Visit us in Chicago!
High on our list!!
Que bella omg dunmore n jesup women in the house. Love dunmore women!!! Wilkes barre native here. Now reside in Harrisburg
NEPA is great area all around!
You Missed #Pittston....Very High Percentage Of Italians.......
what are the best areas to live in scranton? (safe and nice)
That we can't really say based on our short trip!
green ridge probably
Down Town great condos and apartments that have been totally remodeled in historic buildings.
And this whole time I thought Scranton was just known for Dunder Mifflin!
No visit to maronis in west scranton
I would really like to move to Scranton. I’m from L.A and something about Scranton just seems right?? 🥺
Definitely a place filled with nice people!
U are stupid at least in la you got Chick-fil-A in Scranton you don’t got that consider your options more
Girl no stay in cali ! i live here and it’s boring cali has so much to do
i was born and raised in scranton, there's a lot more to do here than like, wyoming, but a lot less than L.A. haha
I've recently moved to scranton from nj and I can honestly say it's the best thing I've ever done so much to do here and it's affordable
moved to north east PA from Long Island right before covid happened Italian food in Scranton is not good and I’m not just being a proud New Yorker lived in Boston 4 years never complained about Italian food there . Plenty of other decent food options if you are visiting from NY Jersey don’t bother getting hot Italian food in Scranton not the same. Delis are fine not as many but they got good bread. The bread is good in NEPA the sauce not like mammas not the real stuff.
I'm from NJ and oh god, I can't agree with you enough! We ordered pizza from somewhere when we 1st moved here 16 years ago & it had cheddar cheese mixed up with mozzarella! I've never in my life heard of putting cheddar cheese on pizza 🤢. The closest thing to really good Italian food is Basilico's in Dickson City and Granteed's in Scranton.
Check out via veneto's in Norristown best pizza in the world
Thanks for the tip!
lucca is near florence no bologna
She's not saying Bologna... she is saying Bolognana, where Poli was born in 1858. Today the village is known as Gallicano, in the Province of Lucca.
Scranton is a predominantly Irish city. There's certainly an Italian community there, though. You got the Dunmore enclave which is roughly 50/50 Irish and Italian, and Old Forge is nearby which is predominantly Italian. Cafe Rinaldi is delicious and the owner is a really great guy.
The correct term is American of Italian descent. If Italy is so great our ancestors wouldn't have left.....
If you hate it so much just call yourselves Amer cans.
Anyone here know Larry Cerep?
I see they call gabagol "capicola"
Eugubbini, not Gubbini
3 things you need to do in Scranton 1 bet on ubaldo he always wins 2 don’t eat old forge pizza it is not good 3 watch talk back 16 either on UA-cam or on location
You must not be from this locality Scranton is known for being predominantly Irish if you want Italian you go to Old Forge the title of this video is something that anyone from this locality with more than likely argue
I’d say Italian and Irish heavy
The Scranton census ancestry stats say Irish 26%, Italian 19%, big enclaves for both
Above all else Scranton is an IRISH city.. we have the third largest St Patrick's day parade in the US & one of the densest Irish populations in the entire country. Old Forge is a more Italian populated city that outside of Scranton. Annual Italian Food fest is in Scranton but most vendors are not from the area. Same with St Ubaldo in Jessup, it's tradition ppl come from all over, other than that Jessup is a tiny insubstantial town. Lastly old forge pizza is disgusting! 🤢🤮 It's American cheese over canned tomato & papery crust. We call it Cardboard soup cus it sure ain't pizza!🍕 Tourists fall for the self proclaimed "best pizza in the world" crap. Using term tourist loosely here, doubt many ppl choose to spend time anywhere near Scranton on holiday. Facts!
Hummm can u send me sommes pizza please !!!
Electric City Scranton? Italians Scranton? My family's Irish from up there
I visited Catalano’s for the pre-made sandwiches, They were a joke. You get more meat on a subway sandwich. The bread was no more than 1.5” wide, mire like a soft breadstick. They did have Manhattan Special, but it was in an open refrigerated display, and any true Italian knows what happens when you open a warm Manhattan special.
Maybe it's just us, but have you noticed the new look Manhattan Special bottles don't overflow anymore??
You're right....that place is definitely more American Italian than Italian American.
What should be researched is USA military that went overseas in world war 2 that is 8million went overseas and 8million stayed in USA ( they were not in war production either" Arsenal of Democracy") and just important who worked in USA war production (Arsenal of Democracy)..why? USA was 140million at maximum 1939 to 1946..what was manufactured in ships ,planes and other weaponry in some cases remain unmatched in the entire world ( China may soon surpass that production with 1.4 billion people and robots). On the 8million American in uniform that never left American shores were heavily into administrative ,clerical,security , management..bureaucratic functions....WW2 still has 73,000 American missing in action presumed dead.. much to often not mentioned in veterans day ceremonies just like America s huge war production. I have evidence in many instances this was a conscious effort to hide Americas great war production and the 73,000 MIA ww2. if Americans want America to bring back it's manufacturing and middle class it can be done by returning to the Arsenal of Democracy (without Americans in combat needed),housing and USA infrastructure. the nondictorial and fledgingly democracies of the world want and need military materiels..only one caveat keep American globalist debt capitalist traitors out of it .they destroyed American manufacturing ,middle class and partnered with anti American foreignor to fill THIER pockets,destroying American middle class and place debt on American public which they never will pay a dime.
I had to watch this. I live about a 5 min walk from St. Lucy's Church in West Side Scanton. LOL
BTW Old Forge pizza is definitely NOT the best. There are plenty of other pizzas in the area that are way, way better. Just sayin.
Glad you enjoyed! We definitely LOVED the Old Forge Pizza!
@@ItalianAmerican If you ever make your way back to Scranton in the summer, I highly recommend Andy's Pizza in Peckville which is a few miles outside Scranton in the opposite direction. It is just a small place but very popular. Literally Everyone loves it. I never once heard anybody say they didn't love their pizza. It is amazing.
@@bgoodfella7413 I don't understand how you can say Old Forge pizza isn't good in general - there are so many pizza places there and honestly they are all pretty different from one another
@@joelp5093 Old Forge pizza is not bad. Especially the restraunt they went to called Arcaro & Genelli's. I like their pizza there but it's certainly not the best in the Scranton area though IMHO. Old Forge is mostly hype. Go to Peckville for the best.
@@bgoodfella7413 I live 10 minutes from Andy's, it's actually my mother in law's favorite and we had it on Saturday. I like how you can taste the beer in the crust
scranton mob whacked hoffa
Pizza capital of the world.
Laughs in Neapolitan.
That's pretty funny! Hey, we did say Old Forge was the SELF-PROFESSED Pizza Capital...
10:25 HAS ME WANTING🤱🏾
Scranton areat Italians put American cheese on their pizza. That should be sacrilege
First of all, there are many different cheeses used. Second, what is so special about mozzarella? It has no taste and doesn't melt well at all.
The reason why it is not "sacralidge" is because the immigrants who settled there literally had no other choice of ingredients to use at that time. Spaghetti was still considered and exotic, foreign food like Ethiopian food would be considered today so they couldn't just go to their local Whole Foods and browse the selections of imported cheeses.
@@allisons3663 What you have in the US as „Mozzarella“ has nothing to do with actual Mozzarella! It is pressed, tasteless and artificial. Real Mozzarella or Mozzarella di Bufala has a unique taste! Same with that fake „Parmesan“ that‘s pre-grated and in a plastic container. Has nothing in common with actual Parmigiano Reggiano, that has to come from Reggio Emilia/Parma due to microbes only found in the grass there.
To me the pizza in the Scranton area is subjective. American cheese should never be on pizza. If you go to Italy I doubt you're getting American cheese.
But we're not in Italy, so we're excited to see the local evolutions of Italian flavors that each community has made over the last 150 years!
the only italian american city to me is NEW YORK CITY
Pizza is trash down here just go ny or nj lol
Is that why every restaurant is busy every day of the week? All of those people (from all over the area) are wrong? Please...
Old Forge " Pizza " is fucking slop. Like a wet grilled cheese sandwich
It is said that this “expert” is is so uninformed that she doesn’t know that the Mass was sung in Latin until the 1960’s.
The Mass was in Latin but the homily was not. The expert was well aware of this obvious fact but apparently you are not.
Not even possible for an American city to be Italian. Go to Italy if you want to live in an Italian city.
What about anglosaxons should go back to england and stay there
I started to watch in as soon as I saw the masks I had to switch sorry
Sorry, we've got to respect the policies of these family businesses!
Sorry to hear you feel threatened by science, and annoyed by doing the most basic patriotic duty in this country.🤷♂️
Wasn't there a town in Pennsylvania founded by Sardinians from Fonni?