STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The recipes may have changed and the name on the door is different, but for one Staten Island family, the building at 264 Morningstar Road will always be home.
This Palm Sunday, generations of the Parise, Reha, Viola and Brunone families gathered inside La Bella Mamma Rose — the same space where their Italian immigrant grandparents once ran Parise’s Delicatessen — to celebrate a holiday rooted not only in faith and tradition, but in a legacy that began there nearly 100 years ago.
“My grandparents moved here from Italy and raised eight children, but only three survive today: my mother, Barbara Reha; Richard Parise; and Irene Viola,” said Lance Reha, Barbara’s son…