Marc Vetri’s New Pizzeria to Open in Late Might

Philadelphia chef Marc Vetri is inching nearer to opening his new restaurant, Pizzeria Salvy, which honors his father, Salvatore Vetri, based on current Instagram posts.

Marc first put his stamp on Philly’s pizza scene when he launched Pizzeria Vetri, with places in Philadelphia, Devon and King of Prussia. Vetri bought Pizzeria Vetri and most of his different eating places in 2015 to URBN, the father or mother firm of City Outfitters and Anthropologie. However he held on to the James Beard Award-winning Vetri Cucina, which he and companion Jeff Benjamin opened in 1998.

In January 2023, Marc introduced on Instagram that he was on the point of fireplace up the pizza oven once more, this time at Pizzeria Salvy. Based on the pizzeria’s Instagram web page, the restaurant will open on the finish of Might within the Comcast Know-how Heart on Arch Road in Philadelphia.

“We’ve been working exhausting dialing in and testing, getting all the pieces excellent,” Marc wrote in a Might 17 put up on Instagram. On Might 18 and 19, he gave his followers a sneak peek of Pizzeria Salvy’s fare in a pair of lunchtime pop-ups that includes slices of pies just like the South Philly Margherita, the Zucchini with Stracciatella and Mint, and the Genoa Salami in addition to Vetri’s well-known meatballs, attributed to Sal Vetri however really the recipe of Sal’s mom.

“We’re gonna do these [pop-ups] for a bit till we transfer to full-service,” Vetri mentioned within the Might 17 put up.

Pizzeria Salvy’s brand options Sal Vitri’s signature glasses, an homage to the person Marc reveres. “I used to be, like, now we have to name [the pizzeria] Salvy,” Marc informed 6ABC. “My entire meals life has really been wrapped round this man.”

Marc described his 12” pizzas as “skinny crust with super-flavorful dough. It’s mild and ethereal.” “Lovely native grains will probably be woven into the dough as nicely,” he mentioned in a January put up on Instagram.

Sal Vetri has labored together with his son at varied eating places over time, as Marc defined in his January put up on Instagram. “From rising up a block from Fiorella, he has traveled in every single place to cook dinner with me, was a prep cook dinner at Vetri, sliced each single onion that went into the onion crepe for our first 10 years, has made his legendary household meals at Vetri and Amis [Trattoria] 3 days per week up till 2020, and has change into synonymous together with his meatball recipe. So it’s solely becoming that my subsequent challenge is a tribute to my father Sal.”