BENSONHURST — Lucy Spata, the woman behind the Lucy’s Sausage stands that are ubiquitous at street fairs and religious festivals like the Santa Rosalia Feast in Bensonhurst, got an early start in the business — real early.
She remembers peeling onions for her grandmother Lucy Giabone, the original Lucy of Lucy’s Sausage, when she was six years old. Her grandmother started selling sausage and pepper sandwiches at the San Gennaro Feast in Little Italy…
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