Olivella’s Pizza & Wine, the critically acclaimed 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 years of customer demand, research, recipe development, and taste-testing, Olivella’s Italian Deli features a menu comprised of 19 premium 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 are 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 renowned 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, which can be found on its website, Facebook, and Instagram pages. Delivery is also available by visiting www.olivellas.com or via third-party delivery services including ezCater, Uber Eats and DoorDash.
“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. “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.”
ABOUT OLIVELLA’S PIZZA & WINEOlivella’s Pizza and Wine is a critically acclaimed Roman and Neapolitan-style pizza kitchen that uses century-old recipes from one of the oldest pizza families from Naples, Italy. With three locations in Dallas and one in Fort Worth, Olivella’s has received local and national recognition from media including Every Day with Rachael Ray, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Weekly, CraveDFW, Zagat and more.
