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Central Grocery, an Italian-American grocery store in New Orleans where the muffuletta started in America. In 1906, Salvadore Lupo, owner of the Central Grocery, invented the muffuletta sandwich to feed fellow Sicilian immigrates. New Orleans has a historical Italian-American population. As of 2023 those identifying as of Italian descent were the largest ethnic group of Europeans in the New Orleans Metropolitan Area, numbering around 300,000.[1]

Italians have had a presence in the New Orleans area since the explorations of the Europeans.[2] Many Sicilians immigrated to New Orleans in the 19th century, traveling on the Palermo-New Orleans route by ship.[3][4] The number of Italians who immigrated in the late 19th century greatly exceeded those who had come before the American Civil War.[5] Only New York City has a higher population of Sicilian-Americans and Sicilian immigrants than New Orleans.

  1. ^ Maselli and Candeloro, p. 8.
  2. ^ Maselli and Candeloro, p. 9.
  3. ^ Maselli and Candeloro, p. 7.
  4. ^ Maggi, Laura. "Italian immigrants: The Times-Picayune covers 175 years of New Orleans history." The Times-Picayune. January 29, 2012. Retrieved on August 28, 2014.
  5. ^ Huber, Leonard Victor. New Orleans: A Pictorial History. Pelican Publishing, 1971. ISBN 1455609315, 9781455609314. p. 56.

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