Consiglio’s Restaurant
165 Wooster Street (Former)
Consiglio’s Restaurant, c. 1950s. Courtesy Consiglio's.
Annunziata and Salvatore Consiglio probably never expected that 78 years after they opened a small, neighborhood Italian restaurant that their grandchildren and even their great grandchildren would continue their legacy.
After emigrating to the Wooster Street area from Amalfi, Italy, Annunziata and Salvatore opened “The Big Apple Restaurant” steps away from their home on Wooster Street and enlisted the help of their eight children to operate the restaurant. As the family worked long hours as chefs, hosts, bartenders, waiters, kitchen help and everything in between, the restaurant’s good reputation and popularity grew, extending beyond the neighborhood and becoming a New Haven favorite. When New Haven’s redevelopment program forced the restaurant to move from its original location, the family changed the name to “Consiglio’s” and moved across the street to its current address. The New York Times-reviewed restaurant remains in the Consiglio Family to this day.
On the Wooster Square Tour
1 | Sally’s Pizza
3 | Pepe’s Pizzeria Napoletana
4 | Midolo’s Bakery
5 | Generoso Muro Macaroni Factory
9 | Society of Santa Maria Maddalena
10 | Maiorano’s Cheese Factory
11 | Carrano’s Market
13 | Shoninger’s & Chestnut St. Fire
13 | Slineyville Area
14 | Longobardi’s Funeral Home
15 | St. Andrew the Apostle Society
18 | St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church, SIRS & Grammar School
19 | Columbus School aka Greene Street School
20 | Sacred Heart Academy
21 | Italian Consulate
22 | Congregation B’nai Scholom
23 | Winchester Davies Shirt Manufacturing Co.
27 | Luisa DeLauro Corner