Sassella executive chef and co-owner Cristian Pontiggia wants to recreate the sense of a shopping stroll in his native Italian town of Sondrio thatâs just south of the Swiss border, not far from Lake Como.
Pontiggia fondly recalls stopping by small shops for cheese, bread, pasta and meat, all locally made in the Valtellina Valley in Lombardy.
âWe can do the same thing in Santa Fe,â Pontiggia said.
Pontiggia and Sassella co-owner Lawrence Becerra have created a deli that will be all things Italian, located a stoneâs throw from their Italian restaurant Sassella on Johnson Street.
Their Deli at Sassella is one block over at 216 McKenzie St., directly behind Sassella and tucked into a 1920 home they found in September. The deli opened Thursday, and curbside pickup for deli items from Sassella started in late October, with curbside service also available from the Sassella restaurant menu.