Manhattan's Visit Sicily NYC making one-day Long Island delivery
A selection of eats from Visit Sicily NYC that will be making a one-day delivery to parts of Long Island on Oct. 9. Credit: Visit Sicily NYC
A New York City Sicilian-inspired restaurant will be rolling up to Long Island this month.
Visit Sicily NYC’s Nicolas Calia and business partner Vincenzo Virzi will be making deliveries to towns across Long Island on Oct. 9. They are both from Sicily. Calia is from Salemi and Virzi, a lifelong baker, is from Palermo.
They will be delivering to Hempstead, Freeport, Oceanside, Merrick, Wantagh, Seaford, Levittown and Massapequa. To get a delivery from Calia and Virzi, the order must be over $100. They already have 30 orders in and expect to get at least 70, Calia said Wednesday. Oct. 7 is the deadline for orders.
Visit Sicily NYC, which Calia said aims to bring the flavors of Sicily to New York, opened in Manhattan’s East Village in January. Calia said it took about four weeks to set up this round of deliveries to Long Island. Orders will be cooked at the East Village restaurant before the delivery.
"We rent a van and then we start to go to the south of Long Island, and we go door to door and drop off all the delivery to people and take a picture and a video," Calia said.
The menu includes dishes such as a truffle ravioli ($24) made with mushroom mini ravioli in truffle cream sauce, a chicken Milanese panino ($15) made with breaded chicken cutlet, sliced tomatoes, mixed greens and mayonnaise and both ham and beef rice balls. Visit Sicily NY also has pastries such as cannoli ($7 for a large), tiramisu ($9) and cheesecake ($9).
The restaurant sources a number of products from Sicily, including wine, extra-virgin olive oil, almond pesto and tomato sauce.
Calia has built a social media presence for himself since moving to New York a decade ago and now has more than 700,000 followers. Visit Sicily NYC made a delivery like this on Long Island about six months ago, Calia said. Calia and Virzi will deliver to Staten Island on Oct. 16.
"People through the food they can feel the connection, and I think it’s very important to taste something and [that] reminds you of your grandma," he said. "That’s what it’s all about."
Visit Sicily, 86 E. Seventh St., New York, 917-261-2033, visitsicilynyc.com/delivery to order.
Melissa Azofeifa is a restaurants reporter with Newsday's FeedMe team. Having grown up on Long Island, she loves talking about food and its impact on culture. A graduate of Stony Brook University, she joined Newsday in the fall of 2024.
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