A salumeria is a food purveyor and retail store that produces and sells salumi, which are meat products of Italian origin that includes sausages, cold cuts and other foods predominantly made from pork.Some salumerie also operate sit-down restaurants, such as Sorriso Italian Salumeria in Queens, New York City.[1] They selected meats and other products such as pasta, olives and cheeses from local purveyors.[1] The lardaioli also produced soap and candles from the pork lard they would receive.[1] This guild system was eliminated by Napoléon Bonaparte around the time of the turn of the 19th century.
A
salumeria
in
Milan
, Italy, in 1930.
Poultry
products are hanging in front of the store.