Sunseri Jimmy & Nino

The best cannoli, hands down! The ricotta is super fresh, it is incredibly flavorful, and they wait to fill the shell until you order it. Whenever we are in Pittsburgh, I insist we stop by! Today, I also got the atomic pepperoni roll which was incredible! Super fresh and flavorful dough. It has a peppery spread with the pepperoni on the inside. The bread became a little wet on the bottom, but is very good after being toasted! Love this place and the history it embodies from the Strip!

This place is the deli you have always dreamed about. The sights, the smells, the tastes… Delicious! The fresh bread is amazing, the stuffed pizzelle’s are very good and my wife thinks they have the best cannoli’s in Pittsburgh. Stop in & talk to Jimmy and ask him about Stella the parrot. This place is a ‘must-​see’ every time we’re in the strip.

Excellent food and excellent service. I’m from Scranton, another area known for good Italian food, but whenever I’m in town I try to get to Sunseri’s. I love their bread. The atomic pepperoni rolls, regular pepperoni rolls, and the pepperoni and cheddar rolls are definitely favorites. And then you add the meats and friendly service, and it’s definitely worth a trip to the Strip District by itself.

Us New Yorkers try to stick to the four main food groups; garlic bread, pizza bread, fresh bread, and cheesy breads!
There breads are yummy! i finish TWO twelve inch pizza bread in less then a day! and that says a lot since i don’t usually eat that much bread…
Yes bread is fresh! they are made fresh everyday! Breads have very short shelf life max 3 – 4 days if stored in room temperatures… an hour or two before the shop is closed they tend to sell all their breads half price or buy one get one free… Sunseri Jimmy & Nino go for natural ingredients some bakeries add artificial flavors, colors and ingredients… not this place! delish!

This is one of my staples whenever I visit the Strip District. Sunseri’s offers you lots of cold cuts, cheeses and pre-​made hot italian food. In addition, they offer fresh bread, olives and a small assortment of baked goods. They also have a cooler that has some more cheeses, pre-​cut italian cold-​cuts (pepperoni) and the famous «Jimmy & Nino’s Legendary Dipping Peppers.» Not sure what is in these peppers, but I love them.
My favorite thing to get there, in addition to the Dipping Peppers are the Pepperoni Rolls. These are fantastic, freshly baked, with ample pepperoni. They have the best capicola, mortadella (with and without the pistachios) and salami that I have found in the city. They do have great sausage, both sweet and hot, here as well that we usually get for homemade ravioli.
The staff is always very friendly to us whenever we are in there, even when it is really crowded. On days when the place is empty, they are always willing to chat you up about anything, but in particular italian food. Jimmy is always there and chomping on his stogie. He is really interesting for sure and always good to talk with.
I highly recommend stopping hear anytime you are in the mood for good italian food.

Get your deli meats here. Small but where you need to go when you need good quality food and honest answers. Can’t go wrong here looking for weekly needs or special party needs. We used to stop every Saturday when we lived in the city. Now we stop every trip to the strip. Don’t miss out! Good stuff and this is coming from a PSU fan! Can’t believe I am saying this. Forget your collegiate boundaries when it comes to good food! Keep puffin Jimmy and Nino and we’ll keep buying!

Pittsburgh Bound! Part X
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The Sunseri name is famous in Pittsburgh, and although their small alcove of Italian meats and bread is one of the smaller storefronts in the Strip, their pepperoni bread is melt in your mouth, filled with great mozzarella cheese. I grabbed a loaf and we picked at it while we walked around. My mom and I inhaled half of it without blinking an eye.
If you are going to get a loaf of Sunseri’s pepperoni bread, I would suggest not doing it on an empty stomach.
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The italian coldcut sub was a travesty! Lots of STALE bread with skimpy meat portions, and no hots or flavor. Bread better suited for pigeons than people. I can find better Italian sandwiches back home in Baltimore. We’ll feed these to our dogs when we get home. You get what you pay for. Avoid this tourist trap!

Don’t go if you want a nice dining environment. To say the furnishings in the dining area are spartan would be an understatement.
But, the food is fantastic. Fresh made, fairly priced, and delicious. Get a dessert cookie or cannoli to round out your lunch.
I hit this place every time I’m in Pittsburgh. Everyone hears about Primanti’s (which is good, dont get me wrong), but this place is every bit as good.

I have stopped by here 3 times within the past 2 months, each time with my fiancé. The first time that we stopped was on a Sunday morning when the cart came into view with all of its nice looking breads. I have walked by the cart and store many times before without really stopping to check it out. That day we decided to though since I was hungry and did not want a full meal and boy am I glad that we did. Originally I was just going to get one of the loaves of bread to have a bit then and save for later but then I noticed some true french bread pizza (aka pizza toppings on top of a slice of french bread) which I ended up getting. While I was ordering that my fiancé noticed some Sfogliatelle and she ended up ordering one of those as well. I think the total cost was $ 3 and Jimmy told us the story of how the sfogliatelle was created while chomping on his cigar. Both of our items were good and both my fiancé and I were espcially impressed with the sfogliatelle. It had a lot more filling than we are used to getting as well as a more orangy flavor which made it extra good. Honeslty she was just happy to find a good Sfogliatelle in Pittsburgh. She is Italian and is used to getting them with some family members at some Italian bakeries in NYC. The second time that we came here was once again at the cart on a Sunday when Jimmy enticed us with sfogliatelle that was fresh out of the oven and still warm. Finally the last time that we came was on a Saturday and so the whole store was open, not just the cart. It was interesting to look around inside and see everything that I had been missing by walking past it all of these years. There were a number of display cases with a ton of baked goods in each of them and it also looked like they served a bunch of different lunch type items like sandwiches to go. Jimmy once again waited on us and as always was super friendly and told us some stories that we enjoyed. We ended up leaving this time with not only sfogliatelle for my fiancé but also for her parents.
The bottom line for me is that I will definitely be back here again in the future. Everything that I have ever ordered here has been good and it is always fun to talk with Jimmy!

I need to indulge myself on the rest of this establishment but review is limited to the bread they sell on the street. On a crowded street you will find a very funny bread-​salesmen gunning for your attention to be focused on the racks of bread loafs behind him. Well sir, you are in fact an excellent and carney-​esque salesman but you need not do much. The aroma emanating from the bread itself on a busy street is enough. Goodness is the smell of freshly baked bread amazing. And this place has a few standard options and some excellent «different» options. The cheesey jalapeño bread was incredibly delicious. However, my favorite selection of the day was the freshly dressed (I want to say with some fresh tomato sauce and basil) toasted bread. WOW!

I always had a good experience eating here for lunch. Yea it is a bit run down, but name some in the strip that aren’t? They have $ 5.00 lunch specials and Jimmy was always very nice and the huge stogies in his mouth just took me back. Funny. Highly recommend.

I was treated extra special today at Jimmy & Nino Sunseri’s in the Strip
Thank you so much, I feel great!

Ask Mr. Sunseri for his recommendations and you’ll leave with a bag of the best Italian imported food in the city! Great quality foods and always fresh. FANTASTIC place to shop!

Maybe it’s nostalgia for the cigar but I thought he looked ridiculous. He bragged about a $ 4 pepperoni roll. There’s a reason it cost that, because it wasn’t very good. The sauce was disappointing. I wouldn’t come here for anything.

$ 3.00 fresh baked Italian loaf, need I say more. The Italian bread is so yummy and makes great bruschetta. They bake their bread fresh daily and do not include any preservative so eat it quick!

This place has the most heavenly smell!
The pepperoni bread is an absolute must. I was disappointed that there was no jalapeño bread left, but what can I do? The prices are fantastic. $ 5 for a full loaf of pepperoni bread, in NYC that’s easily $ 8 to $ 12. I will stop here before going home every time.

Completely agree with Deborah: decent sandwich on absolutely horrible bread — mealy tomato and brown lettuce, too. I know it was only $ 4/​$ 7 for a 6″/12″ sub, but it was pretty bad. (I bought a 12″, intending to take half home for later, but I wound up throwing the second half away, and I NEVER throw away food.)
As a Italian grocery, it seems okay, but the attitudes are a little snippy, and it’s a pretty grungy-​looking place.

Weeeeeeellll, a little smaller than the deli up the street, a little less friendly, or should I say a little more fake in their friendliness. Offerings still blow away any deli/​grocery store offerings in the D.C. area. But low rating because the sandwich I bought came on a roll that was STALE. Boo! Hiss! Meat was excellent, though but without the bread I was left hungry and feeling let down.

Pepperoni roll for breakfast on Thanksgiving is a damn awesome thing.