Tom Gallizia began as a wine importer. Italian bottles, straight from the producer, that was the idea. Somewhere along the way that grew into a whole concept: first the restaurant on Javastraat, and now the deli next door. Two premises, one street, one name. Gallizia Deli is at number 65, the restaurant at 67. It's as simple as that.
Chef Lisa Fletcher runs the deli's kitchen. And you can tell by the sandwich menu. The Il Primo is a half baguette with grilled eggplant, buffalo mozzarella, pistachio arugula pesto and arugula. Ten euros ninety-five. Not cheap for a sandwich, but you're not eating just anything, either. La Natura is the vegetarian panino on the menu, also for ten euros ninety-five. Both sandwiches are the kind of lunch where you don't feel like doing anything afterward. In the good sense.
But the deli is more than sandwiches. The shelves are full of what Tom Gallizia himself imports from Italy: cheeses like Parmigiano and mozzarella of good origin, salamis, sausages and salsicie that you don't find here everywhere. Along with dried and stuffed pasta, Italian sweets and pastries for when you want to take something home. And the wines. That wine list is actually the basis of everything, because that's where Gallizia started. Wine from his own imports, from producers he sought out himself.
Lisa Fletcher and Tom Gallizia have put something here that belongs in the neighborhood.
Javastraat has gotten quite a few new things in recent years, but Gallizia Deli is the kind of place you've actually been missing for some time. Not grand, not lavish, just good. Lisa Fletcher and Tom Gallizia have put something here that belongs in the neighborhood. And the coffee is good, too. That helps.