Small appetites, step aside.
Faicco's stromboli ($7.99 per pound, or one good-sized handful) will weigh heavy on you, in all the best ways. Provolone and the customary Italian deli meats are packed in tight, though I'd bet they could squeeze in a few more hot peppers. The stromboli with broccoli rabe and housemade sweet sausage is mighty fine, too.
If you really need just a nibble, try the prosciutto balls (in biteaway view; $1 each). The deep-fried golden brown shells are flecked with parsley; the cheesy, almost creamy insides are larded with bits of cured ham.
Faicco's Pork Store
260 Bleecker St. (Morton-Leroy Sts.)
212-243-1974
Also at 65-11 Eleventh Ave. (65-66th Sts.), Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
718-236-0119
Don't forget about their exemplary Italian hero, it's worthy of praise. Amazingly fresh and delicious ingredients wedged inside an ordinary yet airy and chewy hero.
http://nycfoodguy.com/2008/05/16/west-village-sandwiches-faiccos-italian-hero-crosby-connections-crosby-special/
Posted by: NYC Food Guy | July 02, 2008 at 07:37 PM