Emanuel D'Amico came to Brooklyn from Palermo and opened D'Amico Foods at 309 Court Street in 1948 with a 10-pound roaster, roasting to order from the start. His grandson Francis took over from his father in 1998, and the family still roasts in Red Hook.
Wall-mounted bulk coffee bins and labeled steel drawers fill the back of the Court Street shop, under a pressed tin ceiling. The room is one narrow space with white hexagonal tile underfoot, a counter along the right side, and a few small tables by the front windows.
