Olivella’s Pizza & Wine, the Roman and Neapolitan-style pizza kitchen, has unveiled its new “Olivella’s Italian Deli” storefront at its existing Deep Ellum location, located at 2816 Elm Street in Dallas. After research, recipe development, and taste-testing, Olivella’s Italian Deli features a menu comprised of 19 panini and sub sandwiches native to old-world Italian paninotecas and American delicatessens.
Remaining faithful to Olivella’s’ century-old, made-from-scratch recipes, the Deli menu of 11 panini and eight 8-inch sub sandwiches are made of hoagie rolls and house-made bread baked daily, farm-fresh meats and cheeses, and sauces and spreads made with fresh-pressed oils, herbs, and spices. Priced between $8-11 each, menu highlights include:
- Meatball – house meatballs, house mozzarella, sauce
- Chicken Parmesan – breaded chicken breast, house mozzarella, sauce
- Chicken Pesto – roasted chicken breast, pesto, house mozzarella, house-made bread
- Papa Joe – soppressata, house mozzarella, hot peppers, vodka sauce, arugula, red onion, house-made bread
- Dante – capicola, parmesan, hot peppers, jalapeno house-made bread
- Bari – soppressata, Crescenza-Stracchino, sauteed mushrooms, house-made bread
- Brando – roasted chicken breast, provolone, sweet peppers, truffle cream, arugula, house-made bread
- Pinocchio – prosciutto, soppressata, house mozzarella, sweet peppers, truffle cream, lettuce, red onion, house-made bread
- Valentino – house mozzarella, artichokes, sweet peppers, spinach, truffle cream, house-made bread
- Santa Barbara – gorgonzola, prosciutto, arugula, dried cranberries, pears, balsamic reduction, house-made bread
- The Don – mortadella, capicola, soppressata, pepperoni, prosciutto, mozzarella, provolone, Crescenza-Stracchino, lettuce, tomato, red onion, oregano, oil, vinegar
- Sausage & Peppers – Italian sausage, peppers, onions, sauce
- Olivella’s Cheesesteak – Italian sliced beef, sauteed mushrooms, provolone, truffle cream, sweet peppers
- Italian Club – mortadella, ham, prosciutto, capicola, provolone, lettuce, tomato, red onion, herb vinaigrette
- Giorgio – Italian sliced beef, provolone, Crescenza-Stracchino, shredded lettuce, tomato, red onion, hot peppers, sweet peppers
- The Don – mortadella, capicola, soppressata, pepperoni, prosciutto, mozzarella, provolone, Crescenza-Stracchino, lettuce, tomato, red onion, oregano, oil, vinegar
Rounding out its menu is a variety of appetizers such as meatballs and caprese skewers; salads such as Insalata Della Casa, Primavera, and Caesar; soups such as minestrone, Italian wedding, and tomato basil; desserts such as cannoli and tiramisu; and a limited selection of Olivella’s pastas and pizzas (whole or personal-size, until dough runs out). The Deli also features a full bar, wine by the glass or bottle, and draft and bottled beers.
The new Olivella’s Italian Deli is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. for dine-in or carry-out, and is well-equipped to cater box lunches for groups of any size. Weekly and daily panino and sub specials will be offered. Delivery is also available.
“Although we’re famous in Dallas-Fort Worth for our authentic Italian pizza, our panini has been our best-kept secret since we first opened in Dallas over 16 years ago,” said Charlie Green, who founded Olivella’s along with one of the oldest pizza families in Naples, Italy in a statement. “Customer reception has always been great for our panini, but we haven’t had a large-enough offering for the public to think about us as a go-to sandwich place. So, in the last few years, we got serious about it, digging into the trove of family panini recipes and adding our take on Italian-American sandwich favorites. We’re beyond thrilled to finally unveil Olivella’s Italian Deli to our longtime Olivella’s Pizza & Wine customers, and hopefully to a lot of new ones, too.”
