- Via Mercanti took over the space previously occupied by Back Alley Woodfire BBQ and Grill
- In the window: an Italian flag soccer ball, bags of flour and cans of tomatoes
- Sicilian expats Romolo Salvati and Massimo Di Lascio
- The dining room
- The paintings are by Toronto artist Francesco Gallé
- The wood-fired oven was inherited from Back Alley. The owners have ordered a replacement from Naples, made with volcanic stone from Mount Vesuvius
- Salvati making a pie
- Salvati working the oven
- A custom pizza
- The Via Mercanti, a sort of Frankenstein creation: a white pizza is topped with a margherita ($16)
- The Via Mercanti ($16)
- Fresh campanelle
- Scarpariello: a simple dish of campanelle, a Salerno-style tomato sauce and a tuft of finely chopped basil ($14)
- Hot chilies
- Three homestyle desserts: cubana ($7), ricotta e pera ($7) and tiramisu ($8)



















