BATON ROUGE – Step inside Anthony’s Italian Deli and you don’t just smell fresh bread and simmering sauce, you hear it, too, sometimes in Italian.
Since 1978, Anthony’s Italian Deli has been serving muffulettas, homemade sausage, lasagna and its signature olive salad to generations of loyal customers. What started as a 450-square-foot shop on Florida Boulevard with just seven tables and one employee has grown into a Baton Rouge staple, still family-run and still rooted in tradition.
“Some people come in here, they enjoy listening to us talk, and they wonder why we’re always mad,” said Marco Saia. “We’re not mad, we’re just Italian.”…