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Vocabulary: Specialty Shop Names in Italy

1/23/2017

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Specialty Stores
Alimentari
Small, neighborhood grocery store. They are everywhere and they are charming and helpful. Everything from toilet paper, water, sodas, wine (under 5 Euros!), produce, breads, cheeses (cut to order), bottled tomato sauce (pilati), salty snacks and biscotti (packaged cookies) and deli meats. The literal translation of alimentari is food. Everything you need to stock your rental villa's fridge or for a picnic is here. 
Panificio         
Bread baker (also, Panettiere, Panetteria or Forno--literally, oven), usually referring to a larger bread bakery. Forno Antico usually designates a bakery with older, historic, wood fired ovens that makes regional breads, but also may offer other things such as pizza, foccacia, tarts (savory or sweet) and pastries.   
Pasticceria       
Pastries, cakes (sometimes bread)
Enoteca    
Wine shop (in our experience, mostly packaged tourist wines. Supermarkets and alimentari also have wine and liquors) 
Formaggeria   
Cheeses
Frutta e Verdura   
Fruits and vegetables, Also Frutteria. 
Gelateria           
Ice cream (gelato and other frozen treats) Because many gelateria are open during riposa (the 2-3 hour lunch closure), we found many in smaller towns also offer light lunch snacks.
Confetteria
Confections, candies.  
Latteria             
Dairy (milk, butter, cheese). Also, Cremeria. 
Salumeria   
Cold cuts, cheese, salami, some canned goods (also called a Pizzicheria in some regions)
Macelleria        
Fresh meat, salami, and sausage
Rosticceria       
Take out and eat-in roasted foods, usually meats and vegetables
Pescheria          
Fish
Supermercato
Supermarket. Some are national brands, like Carrefour, Coop, Crai, Essalunga, Auchun and Conad. These stores can be very large and located just outside town centers, while others are smaller. In cities you will see very small looking supermarket entrances, but they open up into much larger spaces. Bring a cloth or mesh bag and bag your own groceries.  They charge for plastic shopping bags. Wear the provided plastic gloves when picking produce. 
Pizzeria       
Pizzeria. Many offer other dishes for lunch and dinner, and some are now offering pizza by the slice, or "al taglio".
Bar
Espresso or cappuccino for breakfast with pastries; sandwiches for lunch. Especially in smaller towns, this type of shop is the only place for you and your family to find something lunch. Most Italians (even working in restaurants) go home for 2-3 hours from 12-3pm for riposa, similar to a siesta.  Tabacchi    
Tobacco products, lottery machines, various sundry items. 
Often combined as Bar-Tabacchi. 
(Unlike in U.S. cities, where "bottega" is specifically used to mean a local, small grocery store, in Italian, the word literally means "shop", and can have another word attached to describe what type of products it carries.)
Osteria
Tavern, often with simple food choices like sandwiches, pizzas, foccacia, especially during Serenissima, or Happy Hour. Also, Taverna or Trattoria.
Birreria

Micro Brewery.

Panineria 
Sandwich (panini) shop. 
Panellari
In Sicily, a street vendor or small shop selling chick pea fritters and sandwiches. 
Hamburgheria
Just what it sounds like. 

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​Non Food Stores 
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Note: the word Negozio means Shop.)

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Farmacia            
Pharmacy
Edicola                
News-Magazine shop
Drogheria          
Dry goods, canned goods, kitchen and household items. Even though it might sound like it, this is not a drug store.  
Ottico         
Optician
Parrucheria      
Hair dresser (women)
Barbiere             
Barber (men's) 
Lavasecco          
Laundry-Dry Cleaners (Drop-off service, often hard to find. As a local). 
Lavanderia a Gettone      
Laundromat (There are some chains, like Ondablu or Ecolava, but many are independent shops, often difficult to find. Once again, ask a local.)                   
Mesticheria       
Hardware
Sarto                   
Tailor
Libreria              
Book shop
Cartoleria
Stationers, office supplies, paper goods. 
Immobiliari       
Real Estate
Scarperia            
Shoe store
Sportivi               
Sports
Cartoleria           
Stationary Store
Vetreria
Glassware, giftware. 
Gioielleria           
Jewelry  
Negozio di Abbigliamento        
Clothing shop
Biancheria
Undergarments, linens.
Gioielleria
Jewelry Store.
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Negozio di Giocattoli                   
Toy shop. Also, Giocheria. 

--Jerry Finzi

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