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Food & Drink

Mercanti to the core

Via Mercanti‘s Romolo Salvati has always wanted to launch a second pizzeria he just never imagined it would be this easy.

“Some ladies came in for dinner and really enjoyed my food and asked me if I was interested in opening another restaurant,” says the Neapolitan chef.

He most certainly was when he found out they wanted Mercanti to be the flagship beanery on the first floor of the new YWCA Centre at Elm and Elizabeth. An early October unveiling is expected.

“Everybody’s been after the space but they offered it to me!” says a still somewhat incredulous Salvati.

The stylish 80-seat room also comes with a 60-seat terrace and a state-of-the-art kitchen.

“It’s beautiful. They must’ve spent millions!”

All that’s missing is the custom-built wood-burning oven that helped Mercanti’s signature double-decker pie win NOW’s recent pizza survey.

“I’m installing my own,” says Salvati. “When I brought my last one over from Italy, I ordered two!”

Obviously, he plans ahead. Could a third PVM be in the works?

“I’ve just been offered something at Dupont and Bathurst but it’s too soon to talk. I want to get this one up and running first.”

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