text: An Italian foodie paradise in Aspinwall Walk into this tiny shop and you are immediately bombarded with shelves stacked to the sky with Italian pantry goodies jars of every kind of tomato sauce imaginable dozens of different types of pasta for any appetite Work your way the back of the store and you will find their deli counter chock full of fresh deli meats cold salads cheeses antipasti and precooked Italian classics I am a sucker for their chicken parm chicken romano and stuffed eggplant while my hubby loves their Italian sausage and peppers crab cakes and Italian meatballs They also make sandwiches on site and have killer pizzas try their tomato and herb pizza it is like bruschetta in pizza form heavenlynnThe leftmost side of the store contains their magical freezer section of goodness Anything and everything you could possibly want to serve a quick and fast Italian meal is found here Garlic bread raviolis of all different flavors pasta fagioli cannelloni gnocchi pasta sauce lasagna pizzas mozzarella sticks it is all sitting here frozen in time waiting for you to pick it up thaw it out and have an amazing Italian meal in no time nnAnd if all of that was not enough Labriolas also sells a fantastic array of baked goods and sweets both Italian pizzelles gelato tiramisu and not apple pie cookies They also carry a small selection of nonItalian grocery items soda butter milk canned goods ice cream etc to help round you out if you forgot something during your regular grocery shopping trip So while it obviously is not a onestop shop for all of your grocery needs it can definitely help you avoid a oneoff trip back to the wretched Giant Eagle grrrr if you need something fairly basicnnThis is an old familyrun specialty store and as such I always see the same employees here The service I have received is what I have come to know as very old school Pittsburgh everyone is very helpful and nice enough but also a little steely and stoic I like to think that the employees are very much like the bread that they sell here somewhat crusty on the outside but warm and soft on the inside And I find that it adds all the more charm to this lovely establishment