Teitel Brothers — Local services in New York

My mothers parents arrived from Italy in the very early 1900s and landed in Harlem they eventually moved to the neighborhood on Cambreleng Avenue and as soon as Tietel Brothers was established that’s where my grand parents shopped. When my mother and her siblings became adults they to shopped at Tietel Brothers. My father with his parents and his siblings arrived from Italy in 1920 and they landed in Manhattan but ultimately moved to Arthur Avenue in the building just north of your store and they shopped at Tietel Brothers all the time. Growing up as a small child I remember myself and my brother going with our parents on the shopping weekly trips for groceries. Tietel Brothers was always the best place to shop and a small children the three brothers Gil Red and I am sorry I don’t remember the other brothers name would always make a fuss over us. We loved going to that store because there was so many things to look at. When I became an adult we moved from the neighborhood over to Kingsbridge but as I was driving every Saturday I took my mother to go shop on Arthur Ave And of course the first stop was Tietel Brothers and at that point everything my mother was ordering when it came to Cold cuts The brothers made sure that me and my mother was sampling everything first. Unfortunately my parents both passed away and I eventually moved to California with my job and was thrilled when I found out that you have an online store. I’ve ordered in the past both for myself and as a surprise for my family that also moved from the neighborhood and I sing your praises all the time even now that I’m living in Florida. Nobody has all the items that you stock nobody has the quality of items that you sell and nobody has the low prices that you’ve always had. Although your family is not from Italy you have duplicated the best Italian store anyone has in New York City my friend from Colorado sent me a package last year of Italian products that he found at an online store from New Jersey. They were good but did not live up to your standards so I’ve told him about your establishment and I’ve decided to send him a birthday present so he could see how good Tietel Brothers is. He is the real deal a true Italian born in Italy and for 50 years he was a vice president of food and beverage for a major cruise line so the man really knows his products. I’m sure he will enjoy every item in the package and become a member of the Tietel Brothers community thank you so much for your great service and for the wonderful things you do for the Belmont...

First time in this place one kilo of each two kinds of cheese The cheese is great. But watch out for the guy by the register, when I asked for 2 cans of tomatoes D.O.P he ran over and stuffed 2 cans in my bag that was severely dented and rust all around the cans I did not notice till I got got home. My fault I should of looked before I paid. I did not like his face or mannerism to begin with. This should of tiped me off. So he used me as a garbage pail for this store. Will never shop in this store again or my club members Of Son's of Italy 🇮🇹 in Long Island chapter. Can't give less than one star or I would give it 0 stars. Also my friend who is Polish tried to communicate with another sales person on the other end while I was receiving my items and all he did was raising his voice at him because he was not quite sure how to say Italian items in english, He tried his best to ask what he wanted. Not a single person in that store holds credentials for...

There's no rhyme or reason to the layout of this small store and the products topple over each other, taking up every inch of square space, but boy, does it smell great in here.

Teitel Brothers is cluttered and the slabs of cured meats hang above the front counter like a somber meat curtain (get it out of the gutter, folks) to blot out any kind of light. It's gloomy in there and still, it's unequaled in the imported Italian products: all types of cheeses in blocks as big as a torso, prosciutto di Parma sliced in tender, razor-thin wisps, barrels of olives cured in oil, varieties of pasta in shapes you've never before imagined, olive oil, Umbrian lentils... it goes on and on.

You can spend a fortune in here, but it's still less than you would pay in Manhattan and it's one of the few places for unique and authentic Italian food products. Packed and chaotic as the space is, the employees behind the counter somehow make the place move...