With bread baked and delivered from New York and a unique aesthetic, The Eatery is a piece of the city tucked away in downtown Wallingford. The Eatery serves a wide variety of sandwiches, wraps, soups, and salads. The restaurant has been in business for about four years, now offering a plethora of breakfast and lunch choices.
One of their most popular menu items is the Mesa Verde, a sandwich consisting of fresh avocado, homemade pico de gallo, pepper jack cheese, grilled chicken, and applewood bacon. The Bronut, another popular choice, consists of a donut from New York City with Vermont cheddar, applewood bacon, and grilled chicken. The donut is grilled and topped with powdered sugar. The restaurant also caters to a variety of eating restrictions, offering gluten- and dairy-free alternatives.
The Eatery offers sandwiches on bread baked daily in New York.
One of the aspects that this restaurant is most recognized for is its industrial design. Before The Eatery opened, the unit was a large storage space that had remained vacant for a while. Mr. Jon and Ms. Leah Masella, the owners of the restaurant, decided to turn the warehouse into what first became a catering company. When this company opened a small sandwich counter, and the owners saw how popular it had become, they decided to turn it into a restaurant with an industrial air. They decorated the walls and ceiling to create a relaxed eating environment with a hint of rustic. “We definitely wanted an environment that felt warm and comfortable,” remarked Ms. Masella. “We were very into the mix of industrial with natural wood, so we went with metal mixed with wood.”
The mission of The Eatery is to bring its customers healthy and delicious food. As stated on their website, “Our philosophy is ‘simple’. We do our part in using fresh and flavorful ingredients so that the quality of the food can speak for itself.” As Ms. Masella put it, “We mainly wanted people to feel at home here.”
