That kind of stuff is one of the things I like best about NYC.
Luckily there are also a lot of established, very good family run/mom & pop sort of places around here...Philadelphia and vicinity. The ones I go to pretty often are a great local bakery, a deli, a butcher who makes his own (they're the best) sausages, several ethnic markets reflecting heritage and foodstuffs from around the world, and I just came from one of my favorite family-run joints...being Philly it happens to be a cheesesteak sandwich from John’s Roast Pork in South Philly; it's been around since 1930 and still run by Momma Bucci and her sons and it's barely worth eating any other cheesesteak...though I do just to make sure
