One of the world’s greatest street food sandwich shops, All’Antico Vinaio, will open its third New York City outpost at 36 East 60th Street in the Upper East Side this summer. It will be its largest city location yet.
The 2,100-square-foot space will uniquely sport a wine cellar within its traditional sandwich shop setting. All’Antico Vinaio was first opened by the Mazzanti family in Florence, Italy, in 1989. Two decades later, Tommaso Mazzanti partnered with restaurateurs Tanya and Joe Bastianich—the children of the Italian-American celebrity chef Lidia Giuliana Matticchio Bastianich—to open its first U.S. pop-up in 2019. Two years later, it opened its first U.S. brick-and-mortar flagship at 8th Avenue in Times Square. The following fall, it opened its second outpost on 225 Sullivan Street in Greenwich Village. It now has over 20 stores across the United States and Europe.
“It is an immense honor to think that we have already reached the third shop of New York in just three years,” Mazzanti, 33, tells What Now New York. “This store is really beautiful and it’s the largest All’Antico Vinaio in New York City. It will be a truly exclusive location.”
Since joining the family business in 2014, the Florentine chef and entrepreneur turned the small shop into an international chain.
“I think that sometimes dreams come true,” he says. “I think I’m living a magnificent tale, bringing a little piece of Italy into the world for me is an immense honor and a great responsibility, in which I will try to put 101 percent of myself.”
Mazzanti says he hopes to continue developing in the United States, Europe and the United Arab Emirates in the future.
Its stellar reputation is due, in part, to its exceptional ingredients, using freshly-baked Tuscan schiacciata bread, as well as high-quality meats and produce. His world-renowned Schiacciata la Favolosa sandwich is made with sbriciolona, a Floretine salami, homemade pecorino cream, artichoke cream and fried eggplant.
The Bastianich’s own and operate several other restaurants including New York City’s Babbo and Lupa, as well as Southern California’s Pizzeria Mozza, Osteria Mozza and Chi Spacca. Tanya also co-owns Lidia’s Kansas City with her mother.
