Emily's Pork Store, Brooklyn

If the sight of house-cured sausages hanging in the window of Emily's Pork Store doesn't draw you in, the smell certainly will. Passerby can catch whiffs of roasted red pepper and basil, which might clue them in to the fact that this shop not only sells sausages, but also makes them from scratch. Every other week, owner Jerry Aliperti and staff spend hours creating up to 60 pounds of house charcuterie, from hot and sweet Italian sausages to the house-favorite, broccoli rabe sausage.

Though sausages have been the shop's mainstay for 40 years, they also import many foodstuffs from Italy to help round out meals. On the shelves, guests can find Italian dried pastas in a range of shapes, and hard Italian cheeses, which Aliperti can gladly tell you how to prepare or hide from ravenous housemates.