Luigi Pastene arrives in Boston.
1848
Beginning as a fruit peddler, he opens a grocery store on Fulton Street, which his son, Pietro, later transforms into Pastene & Company, the largest importer of Italian food in the Northeast.
Beginning as a fruit peddler, he opens a grocery store on Fulton Street, which his son, Pietro, later transforms into Pastene & Company, the largest importer of Italian food in the Northeast.