Italian and Polish Grocery in St. Albans: Buongiorno Italia
Buongiorno Italia is a small, authentic, neighbourhood Italian Deli in St. Albans. Located on Lattimore Road at the Victoria Street end, locals refer to the deli simply as “Tony’s”, the name of it’s owner.
Buongirono Italia was, like the nearby Italian restaurant La Cosa Nostra, started as a family business by Tony’s father. Whilst the restaurant passed into other hands, the deli has remained in the family and retains a loyal following of ages old Italian customers who chat happily with Tony, adding an air of real Italian authenticity.
Also authentic are the products which range from packaged pasta and sauces to handmade vegetarian risotti (our family favourite!), Italian sausages, cheeses and fresh baked Italian breads (several days per week). Tony also does a range of Italian wines and stocks quite a few varieties of Italian olive oil. As you can see in the photo here, Buongiorno Italia also sells fresh vegetables and fruits.
Seasonal treats include Italian chocolate eggs at Easter and, at Christmas, pannetone cake.
Due to the recent influx of Polish people to St. Albans, Tony has been experimenting with the sale of Polish groceries including Kubus (popular brand of carrot juice), Polish bread (kleb), cheese, butter and sausage. He also has the cheapest Polish beer – Zwiec, Lech and Warka – in St. Albans.
Tony and his assistant Max tend to get rushed off their feet on Saturday mornings (they’re closed Sundays) but any other time they’re usually happy to provide advice on any of their products and ideas how to best use them.
Update: June 2010 – Buongiorno Italia has recently launched their own website, where you can get a flavour of the products and service that they offer. See http://www.buongiornoitalia.co.uk/
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Salve..
sono alessandro..ho vissuto 2 anni fa in st.albans per un anno..
ora x un’esperienza diversa(solo per vacanza!!)vorrei tornare a Londra un paio di giorni e volevo solamente chiedere qualke consiglio sugli hotels e B&B..se potete aiutarmi ve ne sarei molto grato…Tante grazie e tantissimi saluti…
I get lunch from Tony’s at least 3 times a week, the fresh bread, hams, cheese, tomatos and peppers make excellent value for money lunchs.
He always has deals on sauces, beers, pastas, oils etc & I often buy some stuff home to cook with tonys serving suggestions.
great varietys of wines.
best shop in stalbans by a country mile, cannnot recommend it highly enough
Ciao,
mi chiamo Jenny e lavoro per A-Plan in St Albans in London road.
Ci occupiamo di piu’ di 600,000 assicurati e offriamo tutti i tipi di assicurazione… per la macchina, la casa, la moto, il vostro business, per il viaggio, la vita, assicurazione medica,ecc,ecc.
Siamo soddisfatti di poter enunciare fra i nostri successi l’ottimo rapporto che abbiamo conla nostra clientela in termini di qualita’ e prezzi.
E uno dei vantaggi di venire a trovarmi di persona o di telefonarmi e che vi posso parlare in Italiano, molto utile in questi tempi dove i Call centre sono molto impersonali e se soprattutto preferite parlare in Italiano.
Il mio numero di telefono e’ 01727 854525.
i think my dads shop is the best. like him!
it is sooooo yummy
luisa
the deli looks really nice but i had trouble finding it because the phone number isnt on the front page…maybe you should put it on
we love our dads shop! we eat food from there all the time! it is very scrummy and tasty and we enjoy it very much. Boungiorno italia rules!!!!!!
hi, i like tonys shop. it is really cool! im his nieghbour. it rules and is tasty!
yum! yum! yum!
p.s. i love it!
hi i love his shop
om his nieghbour
im always in there
and the food is yummy!
Hi Dad Its your favourite daughter
here Valentina. I love your shop
And i like helping you too!
I love you very much
Love from
Ginger
hi dad
i love u , your food and ur shop!
u r da best
love ur best daughter (no not valentina)
luisa xx
Tony is a real star and his shop is a fantastic place to get that real taste of Italy back here in the UK. He went completely out of his way to help me track down a particular food I had when I was last in Italy and got it in for me especially.
He always seems to have time for his customers and his prices are good too.
We couldn’t agree more Spence, Tony has gone out of his way to get something for us as well.
This small shop is a perfect demonstration of what we lose when everyone shops at supermarket chains.
The people at Grapeland Wine and Bloom Florist around the corner are also real stars.