LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – An exciting culinary addition has opened at the Italy pavilion at Epcot World Showcase, and a restaurant expansion at the Mexico pavilion is underway.
In Italy, an authentic Neapolitan pizzeria, Via Napoli, opened in August 2010, just in time for the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. Operated by Patina Restaurant Group, the same restaurateurs who run the pavilion’s Tutto Italia Ristorante, the 300-seat pizzeria is inspired by Naples 45, another Patina Restaurant Group pizzeria on East 45th Street in New York City.
The casual pizzeria features wood-burning ovens – and imports water from a source that most resembles the water in Naples, Italy, home of some of the world’s best pizza dough. The menu features pastas, salads, sandwiches and Italian wines.
The 14,000-square-foot space includes indoor and outdoor dining.
At Mexico, the popular Cantina de San Angel restaurant is expanding, and will feature 400 seats with al fresco seating for lunch and a perfect place for viewing “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth,” the nightly Epcot fireworks spectacular.
The restaurant will feature south-of-the-border creations from the culinary team at San Angel Inn LLC, who have run both the outside eatery and the pavilion’s San Angel Inn for more than 25 years. Opening is set for fall 2010.
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