In the weeks leading up to the 2024 Election Day, a Middle Village deli came up with a creative approach to try and get Queens residents into the voting spirit by starting to sell cookies with the presidential candidates faces on them.
Mario’s Meats and Gourmet Deli, located at 75-55 Metropolitan Ave., partnered with the Brooklyn-based bakery Circo’s Pastry Shop, located at 312 Knickerbocker Ave., to create and sell these cookies. Owner Joe DiGangi said he came up with the idea to offer these cookies nearly two weeks before the election and quickly reached out to the bakery, which has been a partner that the deli frequently does business with. Circo’s has been baking cookies and supplying its own store, as well as Mario’s, with them to sell.
