Volpi Foods retail market at 5257 Daggett Ave. on The Hill will soon offer cafe seating to enjoy the store’s famous house-made meats onsite. The new area will debut on Friday, Feb. 9.
Store manager Kimberly Cook said the space underwent an extensive renovation last year, and the in-store dining idea developed as an offshoot of that project.
“We didn’t really plan to have the cafe area,” Cook said. “We thought it might be a coffee station at first, but then we brainstormed about what we can do and what we could do new for our customers.”
The cafe area will have six seats, and a menu consisting of five different charcuterie boards, available in different serving sizes. These include Three Kings with prosciutto, culatello, speck, Parmigiano and fig jam; the Whole Hog, featuring coppa, mortadella, pancetta, genoa salame and prosciutto with crostini and dried figs; and a build-your-own option called the Blind Pig. Wine and craft beers will also be available.
Volpi’s dine-in service will be available during regular store hours: Tuesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Matt Sorrell is staff writer at Sauce Magazine.
This article appears in January 2018.