Fatto Con Amore, a new sandwich shop from Chef Robbie Felice, announced that its opening date is moving to May 2024. The spot will join the growing list of Montclair Hospitality Group and Chef Robbie’s foodie ventures in the North Jersey area, including PastaRAMEN, which opened in 2023. The name means ‘made with love’ in Italian, and the shop will be located at 349 Bloomfield Avenue. Though the official opening isn’t for a few months, locals can indulge in surprise sandwich drops in the meantime — with the next one slated for February 18th. Read on for what we know about the new Montclair sandwich shop Fatto con Amore.
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What We Know
The shop will open on Bloomfield Avenue in Montclair, which originally had an anticipated opening date of late June or early July 2023, but was then pushed to October 2023. The restaurant’s new opening date is now slated for May 2024. The space is near to Chef Felice’s other Montclair restaurant, PastaRAMEN, which opened in 2023.
The shop plans to serve specialty Italian meats + artisan cheeses on custom-made breads as well as imported pantry goods, cured meats, and cheeses. During the pandemic, while many restaurants were closed, Chef Felice used one of his existing restaurants, Viaggio, as a mini-market and deli, selling pantry goods and sandwiches.
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When You Can Try
Fatto Con Amore has been teasing its menu items, and locals have, literally, been biting. After two successful surprise sandwich drops, the eatery has another teaser scheduled for Sunday, February 18th. Orders can be made in advance on the Fatto Con Amore website starting February 15th, and pick up will be at PastaRAMEN at 12PM on the 18th.
The Montclair Girl tried two sandwiches in the shop’s most recent drop: a brioche con mortadella and an Italian beef panino. We left the shop with our hearts full and our stomachs even fuller — but like the name suggests, everything is made with love.
The Menu
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Fatto con Amore will offer the traditional vibes of the kind of salumeria (delicatessen) that Chef Felice dreamt of opening since he was a child, and that the Montclair community needs. Sandwiches will be made with a passion for quality starting with the ingredients; from its freshly baked breads from finest local bakeries and imported meats, to its artisanal cheeses, vinegars, and olive oils from Italy.
The shop will open at 7AM daily for quick grab-and-go breakfast offerings, and will serve Italian breakfast delights such as a Prosciutto Egg + Cheese Panino — with crispy prosciutto, scrambled egg, cheddar, black pepper, and a roll; Focaccia Benedict Cacio e Pepe — hash browns, parmigiano, cacio e pepe hollandaise; and a Pepperoni Egg + Cheese — Ezzo pepperoni, fried egg, cheddar, romesco sauce, Semolina bread. A variety of select local and imported products will also be available for purchase.
About Robbie Felice
James Beard Nominated Rising Star Chef and owner Robbie Felice is also behind two other North Jersey restaurants, Viaggio in Wayne and Osteria Crescendo in Westwood.
He also is partnered with Ani Ramen’s founders for PastaRAMEN, which was created with Montclair Hospitality Group, founded by Luck Sarabhayavanija. “I approached Luck about the fusion idea and he was excited,” Chef Robbie said. MHG is the group behind the popular ramen restaurant Ani Ramen.
The team settled in Montclair for a three-month stint in Montclair at The Clubhouse. “It felt really good,” Chef Robbie said. “It was the middle of the pandemic so we still had only a small group of diners, but it felt great to be able to do something creative and keep people employed.”
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PastaRAMEN is located at 6 South Fullerton Avenue and is open for dinner seven days a week. It is a BYOB. “Coming back to Montclair is huge for us,” Chef Robbie said. “There’s no other town I’d want to do this in. Montclair is the perfect place to bring a non-traditional concept. Montclair is its own restaurant capital and it’s super different.”
The Montclair Girl will update this piece with more information about Fatto Con Amore’s Bloomfield Avenue spot as the restaurant is closer to opening.
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