I Love Panzerotti now open on St. Mark's Place

I Love Panzerotti debuted last evening at 130 St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue.

The growing chainlet specializes in panzerotti, the crescent-shaped turnover hailing from Apulia, a region in southern Italy. The St. Mark's Place location will offer 18 varieties, baked or fried, including vegetarian and vegan options.


[Photo via I Love Panzerotti]

In addition, I Love Panzerotti has several pizzas on the menu, courtesy of the wood-fired brick oven of former tenant Tramonti, who moved away in late November to open a larger location on Fifth Avenue and 28th Street.

And per an I Love Panzerotti rep: A portion of every order is donated to Mary’s Meals, a charity working to end child hunger worldwide.

I Love Panzerotti is open Monday through Saturday from 6 p.m. to midnight. They will also serve beer and wine as soon as the license arrives.

Previously on EV Grieve:
• Pizza pocket purveyors I Love Panzerotti coming to St. Mark's Place

Pizza pocket purveyors I Love Panzerotti coming to St. Mark's Place

I Love Panzerotti is opening an outpost at 130 St. Mark's Place between Avenue A and First Avenue. The signage arrived back on Friday. (Thanks to Nick Solares for the photo!)

I Love Panzerotti is a growing chainlet — the first one opened in April 2019 down on Varick — that specializes in panzerotti, a fried dough pocket popular in Italy that's filled with mozzarella and tomato sauce or any other combo of ingredients.

Eater critic Robert Sietsema likes them. He had this to say about the Varick spot:

At $7 to $9 each, one is probably enough ... I was intrigued by the mortadella and mozzarella filling, and a companion enjoyed the artichoke hearts, which also came with spinach inside. Indeed, the number of vegetarian options is one of the pluses of this place, and among those, the classico (mozzarella and tomato, with a marinara dipping sauce) is one of the best.

The St. Mark's location has also applied for a beer-wine license.

Tramonti Pizza closed at this address in late November ahead of a move to a larger location on Fifth Avenue and 28th Street.

The pre-Tramonti tenants were also pizzerias — (Via Della Pace Pizza and Falanghina Pizza Bar). Whole Earth Bakery held forth for 20-plus years at this address until December 2012.