The Number Four sandwich went viral on TikTok. Now the Italian deli that’s been feeding Poughkeepsie for almost half a century is eyeing number two: it’s second location. Poughkeepsie locals and others have lined up at Rosticceria Rossi & Sons, a mostly takeout spot on South Clover Street in Little Italy, for decades for their larger-than-life sandwiches.

The Rossi family opened the deli in 1979 after immigrating from Calabria and Parma, Italy, setting out to make good food using authentic Italian ingredients, a mission that the next generation is replicating, with some fresh twists. “We all went off to school and had different career paths,” said Fabio Rossi of his three brothers.