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PBS describes Gemelli as a place that \"blends Italian classics with New York-style bagels in a casual downtown setting.\"\n\nInside the restaurant, the segment shows pizza dough being stretched by hand and stromboli made with dough prepared in-house, then finished with garlic, Parmigiano and oregano. Staff describe the arancino, a rice ball fried until golden. The meats and cheeses, staff say, are imported from Italy and sold by the pound, half pound and quarter pound.\n\nThe cakes stay in the family. The segment credits Gemelli's cakes to Matteo's uncle and features a homemade strawberry cream cake. Matteo Passalacqua is Gemelli's general manager. La Casetta's history page says Giuseppe, Piero Passalacqua's brother-in-law, who retired in 2023 from La Casetta in Bethel, bakes desserts for the La Casetta restaurants and Gemelli.\n\nThe bagels lead out of town. A Gemelli staff member tells Smith that one of the restaurant's partners runs Giovanni's, a bagel shop in Emerald Isle, and handles Gemelli's bagels. The crew travels to Emerald Isle to watch the bagels being made.\n\nThen it is back to New Bern, where the segment shows the bagels boiled, baked and set out in Gemelli's display case.","category":"other","categoryLabel":"Company news","location":"New Bern, NC","company":{"name":"Gemelli Italian Deli & Bagelry","domain":"gemellinewbern.com"},"sample":false,"sampleDisclaimer":null,"publishedAt":"2026-05-28T12:10:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-23T04:12:44.372Z","badge":"Desk reported","trust":{"level":"desk_reported","doctrine":"Sotwire verifies who at the company stood behind the submission. 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