Ben Venuti

Ben Venuti is an Italian deli in Pimlico with suntrap seating, a racing green front door, and shelves stuffed with bottles of sauces and jars of pickled things. The sandwiches are made fresh—slices of coppa and prosciutto are cut to order and fresh mozzarella is plucked out of its little water bath and torn open. Perfectly bronzed cannoli shells also sit empty, waiting to be piped with silky smooth pistachio cream. There’s street-side seating but nothing inside, so on rainy days you’ll have to take away your food.

photo credit: Ben Venuti

photo credit: Ben Venuti

photo credit: Ben Venuti