After nearly 56 years as a tasty Italian hallmark of Brooklyn’s Bensonhurst neighborhood, Bari Pork Store is cutting its last slice of gabagool on Saturday, June 29. “It feels like I’m losing a big part of my life,” co-owner George Firrantello told The Post of the impending closure of the beloved shop, which opened in 1969 on 18th Avenue. Firrantello said he had no choice but to say ciao.
“Some of my customers coming in are devastated,” Firrantello said. “They say, ‘Oh, you guys are leaving us.’ No, no, no. We didn’t leave you — you left us.” Firrantello is referring to the changing demographics of Bensonhurst, which was once flourishing with Italian-American businesses and the clientele to match.
