The owner of Roma Market in Pasadena arrives at 4:30 a.m. and works until 8:30 p.m., seven days a week. “This is my life,” he says on a recent morning, sitting in a chair opposite the entrance.

7.9. Ferrazzani’s Pasta & Market. While we'll forever adore the timeless classic that is Roma Market, the best Italian deli sandwich in Pasadena these days comes from this tiny pasta shop and ...

W ith its tree-lined streets, picturesque parks, and Craftsman-style homes, Pasadena may very well be Los Angeles’s quintessential suburban paradise. ... 11 a.m. — Morning snack at Roma Market.

Roma Market in Pasadena is known for “the sandwich,” seen here doctored with fresh mozzarella, basil and red cherry peppers bought at the Italian market. (Laurie Ochoa / Los Angeles Times) ...

This Time We're In Pasadena By Gab Chabrán. Published Sep 8, 2022 5:30 AM ... However, the heart of Roma Market is 83-year-old Rosario Mazzeo, ...

Mazzeo, 76, is the owner of Roma Market in Pasadena, an Italian grocery and deli of the classic sort. A native of Sicily, Mazzeo came to the U.S. in 1950 to work alongside his uncle at the market.

Sixty years is a long time without a vacation. Mazzeo’s uncle opened the Roma Italian-American Grocery in Alhambra in the early 1950s, relocating it to Lake Avenue in Pasadena in 1953.