Pizzeria: Still hungry? Grab a Montanara pie with speck (smoked prosciutto from Northern Italy), brie, fresh mushrooms, tomato sauce and mozzarella ($25.90).
Primo Bar: Order the Aperol Spritz, a traditional take on one of Italy's favorite cocktails.Or, get the paccheri pasta with Italian tomato sauce, stracciatella and basil ($17).
If you're feeling pasta, order the homemade linguini with shrimp and zucchini ($23). For your entree, the Fiorentina, a 32-ounce prime T-bone steak for two people alongside potatoes and sauteed spinach ($90). Start with the grilled octopus on toasted bread with sauteed baby spinach, heirloom cherry tomatoes and taggliasche olives ($18). We want Primo Mercato to represent the important relationships cultivated both within families and throughout the community," said Piombini. "By partnering with local businesses, we hope to recreate the feel of an Italian market where people would source ingredients to use in their own Italian home cooking." "In Italian culture, spending time with family, especially during meals, is incredibly important. The various stops at Primo Mercato include Primo Café & Market for grab-and-go pastries, gelato and sandwiches Primo Bar for specialty wines to enjoy on-site Pizzeria Primo Mercato for Neapolitan pizzas, as well as salads, burgers and soups for casual meals Da Primo Restaurant for refined Italian cuisine, and Il Mercato, which includes six quick-service stations with selections of handmade pasta, Italian cured meats, seafood, gourmet cheeses, salads and Italian deli products. READ: Passion and tradition reign at this hidden Italian eatery The market, whose vendors operate under a sole owner, also brings together all 20 Italian regions with its food and wine offerings. “Many of our customers are Italian-American and we offer the real Italian experience here, so it’s a bit like going back to Italy,” said Lorenzo Piombini, Primo Mercato manager. Today, the Mercato Centrale also includes a gourmet food hall above the food market, offering Florentines and tourists a place to grab ready-made goods such as burgers made with Tuscan-bred Chianina beef sage and fried polenta, and tagiolini pasta topped with shaved black truffles. When I spent a semester in Florence, Italy, I actually relished grocery shopping if it meant spending an afternoon at Mercato Centrale, a colossal and chaotic food market dating back to the late 1800s filled with vendors each specializing in their own fare ripe for cooking: fruits and vegetables, meats, cheeses, pasta, seafood, baked goods and more – all about as fresh as it gets. However, my anxiety-ridden game wasn’t always the way I shopped. I toss each one mercilessly in my cart before dashing to the checkout line, playing my own game of How Quickly Can I Get My Grocery Shopping Done Today? Watch Video: Primo Mercato is Short Hills' slice of ItalyĪrmed with a ShopRite cart and a shopping list on my iPhone’s Notes app, I whip around every aisle of the grocery store, confident in my time-honored ability to know exactly where each item I’m looking for is located.
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