Mr. Joe Citarella Gurrera

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  www.thestrongbuzz.com/buzz/buzz_view_buzz.php - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/30/2007    Last Visited: 6/30/2007  

  Joe Guerrera of Citarella markets and now-shuttered restaurant, has gone back to his fish mongering roots.Meat without Feet, his new wholesale fish business, is based out of the New Fulton Fish Market at Hunts Point (800 Food Center Drive, Unit #99, Bronx, NY 10474).Chefs can get their hands on all sorts of wild fish and shellfish,anything he sells at Citarella in addition to custom orders.

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  Published on: 10/13/2008    Last Visited: 7/5/2008  

  You've worked for David Bouley, Citarella's Joe Gurrera, and now the First Lady.

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  Published on: 6/22/2005    Last Visited: 7/10/2005  

  "We are also going to serve hot food, something we've never done before," said Joe Gurrera, the CEO of Citarella."The Harlem store is our prototype."Citarella, which operates seven other locations in New York and the Hamptons, bought the former Taystee Cake Bakery facility in 2001 from the city's Economic Development Corporation on W. 125th Street, between Amsterdam and Morningside avenues, for a sum of $850,000.Citarella converted the location with the intention of building both a retail store and a warehouse/packaging facility.Lured to Harlem because of the renewal taking place in Harlem, most visible in numerous new housing erection projects and storefront renovations, Citarella wanted to be a part of the change. "There is a demand for businesses to move in," said Gurrera."There's so much growth," he added.
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  Gurrera says the plans for a warehouse were abandoned when he had the property appraised.The estimate given by auditors to restore the derelict building, abandoned for years, was $8.2 million. "No one is going to pay that for a warehouse," Gurrera says."It doesn't make sense."Yusi Gurrera, Joe's wife, said, "Now we have this property and we want to do something that would be good for the community and still profitable for us." Both agreed housing is an important need in the community.Joe Gurrera said that no matter the situation, the store will have staying power: "We built it to last, and we are going to be here for the long haul."

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  Published on: 5/16/2007    Last Visited: 1/24/2008  

  Joe Gurrera, president of Citarella, said that he knows "the Pines well.

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  Joe Gurrera, President of Citarella, said, "I know the Pines well, and I am very happy to be a featured supplier for new A FRESH MARKET.

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  Boston Globe Online / Food / The cold doesn't stop them - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/1/2003    Last Visited: 11/21/2004  

  Joe Gurrera, the Manhattan seafood magnate (owner of Citarella restaurant, Citarella stores, and a wholesale seafood business) praises Wellfleet Shellfish clams for their clarity and pristine appearance, but especially for their flavor."All you've got to do is taste their product," he says.

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  Canadian Media Guild: Newsletter Online Extra - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 3/1/2002    Last Visited: 12/4/2005  

  When workers at Citarella Fine Foods, a gourmet meat and fish store on New York's Upper West Side, started talking union, Citarella's owner, Joe Gurrera, wasn't pleased: He promptly fired three pro-union workers.

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  Published on: 12/14/2007    Last Visited: 6/23/2008  

  Citarella owner Joe Gurrera said he signed the 20-year lease for the 5,000 square-foot space to "establish a downtown presence."Citarella, which specializes in seafood, now has markets on the Upper East and Upper West sides and an upscale restaurant in Rockefeller Center.Balducci's parent company, Sutton Place Gourmet, had insisted that the cramped space and skyrocketing costs needed for renovation at the 424 Sixth Ave. site would make the market unprofitable.But Gurrera said the deal he struck with the landlord, Vornado Realty Trust, will allow him to make money.Balducci's had been a presence at the Greenwich Village address since 1972."I'm very proud to be able to bring Citarella to the Village and to that space, in particular," said Gurrera.He said he brought the Citarella business from its founding family after he was inspired by the Balducci's store."Since they closed, I must've had two to three dozen e-mails requesting that I open in the Balducci's space," says Gurrera.

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  Published on: 5/18/2005    Last Visited: 6/23/2008  

  "We are excited to be opening our newest Citarella store on 125th Street at a time when there is so much pride and new development in the Harlem community," enthusiastically comments Citarella owner Joe Gurrera."Now the neighborhood and nearby residents can shop for the highest quality prime meats and seafood, freshest produce, an abundant selection of cheese, charcuterie, prepared foods, pastries and a variety of specialty products close to where they work and live." All of the celebrated Citarella care and attention to detail will be found at the new Harlem store - from providing the highest quality food products for a great value to courteous and friendly service.Special orders, delivery, take-out and customer-friendly hours will be available daily from this favorite New York food institution, situated just one block west of the historic Apollo Theater. In 1983, Joe Gurrera opened the first Citarella store, a pristine fish and seafood haven on Manhattan's Upper Westside.Now 22 years later and 50 blocks uptown, he has again personally supervised the building renovation, including the restoration of the original brick walls, layout and outfitting of this gem of a gourmet market where quality, service and customer satisfaction are paramount.

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