Italian influences have come to Bainbridge. Armando Petruccelli and Martin Merino, previously of Queens, launched Bainbridge Market and Delicatessen at 1 Freiot Ave. in mid-October. Petrucelli said, after decades in the hair and beauty industry and a COVID-induced hospital stay, he refocused his business sensibilities.

“I come from the beauty industry, that’s my background, and there’s a family business that’s still running for over 50 years,” he said. “But I always had a passion for food and doing some type of foodery. Prior to COVID, I was in the process of purchasing a salumeria — an Italian deli — in Queens. Then, of course, I got sick with COVID and my partner did and we both ended up in the hospital, but he never came out. Then, I moved up here to Bainbridge and the rest is history.