The most mysterious sandwich in Brooklyn.
when he and other members from his parish group met then-Mayor Robert Wagner. He was known for taking care of neighbors, Paul said. If kids came to the store for food and didn’t have enough money, he recalls his father letting them take the food anyway, saying he’d write down what they owed, but didn’t ask for the money later. “He would never let anybody go hungry,” Paul told me. “But he wanted to let them think they were going to pay someday.
Punzone’s became one of the many businesses in New York that first and second-generation Italian Americans would frequent. At the time in their mostly Catholic neighborhood, where everyone was known by which parish they were a part of, most of the deli’s customers observed the religious custom of not eating meat on Friday. And since most of the sandwiches had meat, they had fewer customers that day. “The Jewish guys could do that but the Italian guys had to skip the sandwiches,” Paul said.
The popularity of Charlie’s sandwiches are in part what made him a neighborhood legend. On the Pigtown Facebook page, former residents—many of whom have since moved far from the old neighborhood—speak about Punzone’s with nostalgia and reverence. They remember their orders, what everything cost, and who they shared a sandwich with. In their memories, they were the best sandwiches they ever had.
As a kid, she was constantly told stories about her grandfather, the “legend Charlie,” and how he treated his family and his customers. It inspired her to become a chef after a career as a photographer—even though her father warned her of the long hours required to run a successful business. “He dedicated his life to making people happy through food,” she said of her grandfather. “I have completely followed in his footsteps in that sense.
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