Postcard from Galveston - “Spaghetti, Sausage and a Slice of Sicily”

Once perhaps the greatest town of significance between New Orleans and San Francisco, Galveston’s influence began to cede to Houston following the Great Storm of 1900. But while Austinites are occasionally known to refer to their community as a small town with growing pains, some Galvestonians might argue that theirs is really a big city disguised as a small town. Much of this is owed to its rich immigrant history. This episode invites listeners to get a taste of that history by sampling Galveston’s Sicilian side, where visits to island institutions like Sonny’s Place and Maceo Spice not only reveal ties to the old country, but reminders of the corner stores that once dominated its dense, grid patterned streets. The result is a rich tapestry of voices and stories spiked with the flavors of spaghetti, sausage and sandwiches.