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Popular Italian cafe and grocer opening second location in former Chinatown coffee shop

The old Matchstick is getting a new tenant
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The old Matchstick coffee shop in Chinatown is turning into a new Mercato di Luigi, the Italian cafe/grocer hybrid that's part of the Kitchen Table Group of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­restaurants.

A year after the first Mercato di Luigi opened, a second Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­location is on the way.

From the group that brought the city Ask For Luigi, Di Beppe, and Giovane Caffe (Kitchen Table Group), the original Mercato is a cafe/grocer hybrid at 580 E 12th Ave.

Signs are now up for a second spot at 213 E Georgia St, where Matchstick closed their Chinatown outpost late last year.

Along with the name of the incoming shop, there are signs for wine, pasta, food, pastries, and coffee - all Mercato staples.

If the second is similar to the first it'll offer breakfast sandwiches in the morning and pasta for lunch and early dinners; the original runs from 8 or 9 a.m. to 5 or 6 p.m. Along with dine-in or to-go options, there are ready-to-eat pastas and other foods.

The new Mercato adds to the already substantial Italian offerings in that area (including Fiorino, , and Via Pasta).

V.I.A. has reached out to Kitchen Table, for more details and will update when more information is available.

With files from Lindsay William-Ross


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