Almost as soon as you walk into Cacciatore and Sons in West Tampa, you’ll feel like you’re part of the family.
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“It’s a blessing to grow up in the stores because I get to be with my family and the people we love so much. And it’s a great place to live. Angelo Cacciatore said, “I couldn’t be happier to be here with everyone.”
Cacciatore and Sons opened in Ybor more than 100 years ago and later moved to Armenia Avenue.
There are cooked hot foods, sandwiches, different kinds of pasta, and fresh meats inside. They are known for making Italian sausage at home.
Angelo is the fourth generation to run and work in the store. He also helps people from the third and fourth generations.
“So what we do is cook the food we grew up with, the way we were taught when we were kids. And the people have done a lot to help. Because now people are saying, “Man, that lasagna is just like my grandmother used to make, and those sauces are just like my Nana used to make,” Mark Cacciatore said. “We were cooking traditional Tampa food, and it has become a big hit.”
The Cacciatore family moved to Ybor from Italy more than 100 years ago and opened the butcher shop.
“We are a market in Tampa. We’re not like a market in New York. We’re not a market in Cuba. We are a market in Tampa. Because of those countries, it has a different feel. Like he said before, the cigar business made that Tampanian, and that’s what we do.
We just follow what our customers want. So we look at what they want and what they need, and then we do it,” Mark and Angelo Cacciatore said.
It all comes down to the community’s customs and how they are passed on.
“There are people who come in here who knew my grandparents and my parents, so it’s great to be a part of this great town. Mark Cacciatore said, “This town is the best.”
“I’ve been all over the world, and there’s nowhere like Tampa because it has so many different kinds of people. We have a unique mix of Sicilian, Spanish, and Cuban people, and that’s what makes a Tampanian, which is what I am.
