Mama Deluca's Pizzeria in Nowthen, MN

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Mama Deluca's:
An Italian Heritage With Italian Flavors

My Great Grandpa Dominic DeLuca was born in Licusati, a small village in southern Italy in 1895. At age 11 he along with his parents Phillipi and Agnes as well as his siblings immigrated to America where they settled in Duluth's Little Italy where he was a resident for 70 years.

In the 1940's, My Great Grandparents Dominc and Rosilia opened a little grocery store called DeLuca's Grocery. As a kid my Grandpa Sam learned the culinary secrets and recipes that his grand parents brought over from Licusati. Grandpa Sam made Italian sausage for that little grocery among other italian classics such as sauces, pastas, breads for the demanding Italian immigrants in the Duluth Area.

That sausage recipe is the same recipe that we currently use at Mama DeLuca's Pizzeria. My Grandpa Sam comes down from Duluth to make sure I'm doing it right! Talk about quality control.