Iavarone Bros Quality Foods

Love this Italian specialty store. The party sub we ordered from here was amazing. They have a great selection of ravioli

Good pre made foods and excellent butcher with some fresh seafood. They also have very good fresh bread and just about every Italian specialty to cook a great Italian meal. Always well staffed and open 7 days a week. After buying meat here I have never bought meat at the supermarket.

This place is a 5 star but it is not cheap. I know that is not how I rated this place but I am not rich. I could spend $ 400.00 at a clip in this store. Great service. Great food. Woth the extra money.

I have been confirmed here for many years. Great quality food. Luckily I work close bye so I do not have to travel far — which I would do anyway.

Having been to the Lake Success one many times, this one right off LIE boasts tight aisles, good selection, and average staff.

Love this place I go here almost every second day for my meat and cold cuts! Anything I’ve tried is amazing!

Very easy review. Everything here is awesome. Everything. Pricey, but you get what you pay for. Awesome! Great specialty items, sandwiches, prime cuts of meats, the best

Oh mommy is this place good. I used to come here all the time for lunch since I used to work in Middle Village. So this place consists of two sections: first section is a deli section where they have a vast array of Italian cold cuts for sandwiches and by the pound. And then there is a food by the pound section ranging from the rice balls, to chicken parm, to pasta salad, to everything you can thing of. The second section, on the left side, is a butcher and seafood section where you could get steaks and some seafood like fish and shellfish. This is a to go place only and it’s nice that you will always see a ton of cops here. P. S– for sandwiches, you hand pick the bread from the bread section and you hand it to a cutter and he preps the sandwich for you. Overall, I prefer the rolls since I like softer breads. The long hero breads are good but I don’t like the feeling that I am fighting my sandwich to win a bite. Lol
The food:
The Upper Crust– Top round roast beef with sliced Portobello Mushrooms, Baby Arugula & red onions w/​horseradish aioli. I really love this sandwich, the roast beef is made well, it’s seasoned nicely then the mushrooms, which are marinated, pair really well with the roast beef and the arugula. The horseradish aioli provides a nice creaminess, it’s basically a garlic mayo and it’s so good.
The Godfather– Boar’s Head Ham, Genoa Salami, Pepperoni, Mortadella, Zampino, Provolone, Vinegar Peppers, lettuce, tomato & vinaigrette. This is kinda the quintessential Italian cold cut hero, it really has everything. I think the vinaigrette really elevates all the ingredients, the cold cuts alone are really good but with the vinaigrette it makes it really good. Oddly enough, taking out the lettuce made the sandwich much better.

Surprised they’re not more reviews b/​c this place is great. They’re food is very good. I recommend the balsamic chicken in a sandwich of your tasting.

Awesome little Italian market that apparently has been around since 1929! Fresh deli meats of all varieties including hard to find items imported from Italy! Great pasta salads by the pound, pre made caesar salads and wraps to go. Big selection of home made pastas. Various types of fresh (and aged) cheeses. Small section of groceries, many of which are imported from Italy. Huge butcher counter too, which I did not visit, but I can tell you it take up about 30% of the store!
Great first experience! Got some delicious Chicken Francese and Pasta Caprese salad. Will definitely come back for the Deli and Salads! I would like to try the home made pasta at some point too!

This place is awesome. I’m not giving it 5 stars because it is pricey. If I don’t have time to make my own Italian food or want to eat in a restaurant, I come here. I mainly buy their ravioli and manicotti. The vodka sauce is also very good. I definitely would not recommend buying any groceries because you will be paying too much. Spend your money on their specialty items.

I do wish I could afford to shop here more often, but when I do stop by I always get their frozen ravioli. I’m a fan of their lobster, crab, cheese, and especially their mushroom varieties. I’d avoid the meat ravioli though, it’s very bland and tastes like unseasoned ground beef.
The staff is always friendly and helpful. The space is quite tiny and doesn’t really allow you to browse, especially when it gets crowded.

I have to drop this place a couple of stars. One of the guys behind the deli counter is consistently arrogant and rude. I’ve also bought a couple of sandwiches that just didn’t taste right and I ended up throwing them out. They are also pretty expensive. I think that the Maspeth location needs to step up their game a little. It seems that the company cares more about their larger locations in Long Island, instead of the one that they built their roots in.
They also never stock most of the items I’m looking for behind the deli counter. Every time I ask about a certain salad or item, they tell me that it doesn’t sell so they don’t always make it. When they do have said item, it is flying off of the shelf. Consistency is key. I hate taking time to find parking and having my hopes up only to be let down by a lazy cook in the back that only prepares certain items when he feels like it. (Or so the rude deli workers has told me numerous times). The other workers are really nice, but that one guy with the mustache needs to cheer up.
I would go 3.5 stars if I could.

You can never go wrong with a stop here. Whether to grab some prepared food for a quick dinner or to pick up an array of delicacies to make on your own, you won’t be disappointed!

Just wow! Can’t say enough about this great place! Always thought I’d miss Caputo’s in Carroll Gardens since moving away, but this place does not disappoint.
The most glorious prepared foods and great meats! They’re very efficient and their cases are always gleaming and the food is very fresh. A GREAT selection of arrancini (rice balls), fresh mozzarella, octopus salad, eggplant strings, and luque olives!

As you’ve probably notice, I only give five-​star reviews. If a place or service gives me less than five-​star service, I don’t bother giving them free publicity. Here’s my quick and easy review of Iavarone Brothers:
Best meat in New York. Period.
The steak is magnificent, the chuck is like meat satin (do not laugh; try it then see if it doesn’t exist, ok; meat satin), just God Almighty do Italians know how to do beef. Holy Mother of Christ. Their ground chuck is so good I was scarfing that stuff near raw. The fellas behind the butcher counter remember your name and the young ladies behind the registers are professional, hard-​working and friendly. (I must ask the Iavarones who hires for them… and have them hire for me.)
The deli is full of scrumptious stuff I’ve never tried, because you can literally see the calories twisting like Chubby Checker on top of every damned thing behind the glass. I’ve tried all the cheeses though. If you’re a fan of Italian and Sicilian cheeses, you’re not going to find as excellent of mootch or peppato anywhere except Little Italy. If you’re in Queens, Iavarone Bros IS Little Italy. Go nowhere else for your meats and cheeses.
Also disgusting in its sheer perfection is the selection of San Pellegrino products. Iavarone has everything. If you’re a Pellegrino addict like I am, you can’t go even one day without sucking down a green glass bottle or a pompelmo soda (best damned thing on earth). I order mine bulk from Fresh Direct, but between visits from my dealer — lol — I stop by Iavarone and snag some 6-​packs there. The prices are good, the place is always clean as a pin. You could eat off the floor here. THAT’S Italian.
Run by there, and take a cart. You’re going to be glad you did.

Walking in, you are massaged by wonderful smells. The prices may be a little high, but it’s worth it.

However one thing I forgot to add is that you can order specialty cut meats. My father orders porter house steaks sometimes and requests for the cut to be 2 – 3 inches thick! And they bring out the whole SLAB and ask my father to measure for them how big he wants the steak and they cut it for him!

Been going here forever 20+ years at least.
The prepared foods are very good. I don’t get all of them but from the ones I’ve got I’ve been satisfied 95%, sometimes things are just a bit too salty, sometimes I like the way my family does it better.
The curly macroni salad is excellent, get it.
The prepared sauces are pretty good, sometimes a little too salty.
Love that they sell blood orange juice and my favorite canned tomatoes (la bella san marzano, look for the cans with the woman wearing a crown of tomatoes).
The customer services there is excellent. If they don’t stock something you want, they will try and find it for you and they are all very helpful and friendly.

The meat here is better than what you would normally get in a supermarket. It’s a good place to go to for a special occasion or if you want some good quality steaks or other meat.
My mom bought some steaks from here and when she made it I asked her where she got it from because i noticed that it tasted a lot better than the ones from before. Another time we bought some chicken patties with vegetables in them. They tasted very good as well. They also sell a variety of breads.
also: THEY SELL MINI JUNIORS CHEESECAKE

I did not live very close to Iavarone’s, but it was close to the office I worked at. So I usually didn’t buy groceries, but came for the hot food at lunch. There is usually a large selection, so there is just about something for everyone. My favorite dish was the lasagna and my favorite sandwich was the chicken parm. There is just something in their sauce… it’s delicious! Like many other places in Maspeth, it has a real old skool New York feel.

I love this store and everything in it tastes amazing. When we go out to BBQ, we always pick up the cheese and parsley sausage hamburger patties, which are always amazing! Plus the lamb kabobs are marinated to perfection! My favorites from the deli counter is the anti pasta and the marinated mushrooms. The crab ravioli’s are made with REAL crab and they go great with the vodka sauce. Also, the clam pasta sauce is the best I’ve ever had.
Of course, the items in this store can get pricey but it’s definitely worth it!