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Introducing: A3 Napoli, the Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta & Co. project in Little Italy

By Renée Suen
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Name: A3 Napoli Pizzeria e Friggitoria Neighbourhood: Little Italy Contact: 589 College St., a3napoli.com, @A3Napoli
Owners: Libretto Restaurant Group and Nick auf der Mauer Chefs: Rocco Agostino (Pizzeria Libretto) and Nick auf der Mauer (Porchetta & Co.)

The Food: Quick-service Neapolitan snacks split up into three categories: VPN-certified, wood-fired pies (à la Libretto); pizza fritta (stuffed and fried panzerotti-like pizzas); and seasonal fritti misti (fried bites including arancini, meatballs, zucchini sticks, and frittatina—fried cubes of pasta held together by provola cheese and ham). Just like at Libretto, there’s a Stefano Ferraro oven pumping out the pizza, but it’s kept company by a friggitrice (that’s a fryer, folks) for everything else. Eat in, or get your fried dough to go.

The Drinks: There’s Peroni beer on tap, as well as Capo, the restaurant’s signature brew, made by Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery. Wine-drinkers have the choice between Fielding Estate’s unoaked chardonnay and its fireside red.

The Place: Named after the unfinished Italian highway that leads into the centre of Naples, the 32-seat room has an Autostrada rest-stop feel, with its exposed bricks, black and white subway tiles and strings of incandescent lightbulbs. Additional seating is available on the small backyard and street-side patios.

Introducing: A3 Napoli, the Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta & Co. project in Little Italy
Introducing: A3 Napoli, the Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta & Co. project in Little Italy
Introducing: A3 Napoli, the Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta & Co. project in Little Italy
Introducing: A3 Napoli, the Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta & Co. project in Little Italy
Introducing: A3 Napoli, the Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta & Co. project in Little Italy
Introducing: A3 Napoli, the Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta & Co. project in Little Italy
Introducing: A3 Napoli, the Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta & Co. project in Little Italy
Introducing: A3 Napoli, the Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta & Co. project in Little Italy
Introducing: A3 Napoli, the Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta & Co. project in Little Italy
Introducing: A3 Napoli, the Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta & Co. project in Little Italy
Introducing: A3 Napoli, the Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta & Co. project in Little Italy
(Image: Renée Suen)
Introducing: A3 Napoli, the Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta & Co. project in Little Italy
Introducing: A3 Napoli, the Pizzeria Libretto and Porchetta & Co. project in Little Italy

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