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 ...

For Pasadena residents staying safer at home, the choices are abundant when it comes to great restaurants offering takeout and delivery in the neighborhood. From decadent burgers to fancy pasta ...

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, ...

In April, the market and 50 other women-owned businesses received grants from the Pasadena Women’s Business Center, which was partially funded by Paris Hilton.

Mona Holmes is an editor at Eater Southern California/Southwest, a regular contributor at KCRW radio, and a 2022 James Beard Award nominee. Since January 7, 2025, the Pasadena-Altadena region has ...

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.

By Emily SorensenNorth County will have a new place to find Italian speciality goods with Roma Market, which opens on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 1054 West Valley Parkway in Escondido.The new neighborhood m… ...