A short metal gate separates Angelo Tosi’s cavernous vault of Italian cheeses, salamis, pastas and premium tinned tomatoes from the loud traffic of Vancouver’s Main Street.
“You wanna come in?” the 90-year-old says as he opens the gate for a man seeking parmesan. “Here you go.”
On most days, Tosi’s door is shuttered, with a handwritten sign instructing would-be customers: “Ring bell. Suonare il campanello.”
His shop — inherited from his father who founded it nearly 120 years ago — is one of the few remaining vestiges of a thriving Italian-Canadian community that once called the area its main home in the city.
On Sunday, the community is celebrating Italian Day on Commercial
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