{"id":284811,"date":"2026-05-26T15:23:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284811\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:23:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:23:09","slug":"italian-sandwich-shop-mozza-opening-this-summer-on-mlk-in-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284811\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian sandwich shop Mozza opening this summer on MLK in St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Deininger describes Mozza as a traditional Italian \u201cpaninoteca,\u201d an Italian shop that serves sandwiches, wine, and pantry items. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cIn Italy, you can stroll into these small shops and grab a really simple sandwich with really good ingredients, maybe some olives or a bottle of wine,\u201d Deininger explained. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to embody more of that and less of the deli vibes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">At the center of the new concept will be fresh mozzarella stretched on-site daily in small batches. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cOnce we go through a certain amount of sandwiches, we\u2019ll stretch a new batch of cheese, so the mozzarella never hits refrigeration,\u201d Deininger said. \u201cIt\u2019s always super milky and super tasty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The 630-square-foot space will feature a small dining room with bar seating along the front window, a handful of tables, and an outdoor seating area in the future (pending city approval).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Rather than operating like a traditional deli counter, Deininger wants Mozza to feel more like a place people hang out than simply grab a sandwich and leave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Deininger describes Mozza as a traditional Italian \u201cpaninoteca,\u201d an Italian shop that serves sandwiches, wine, and pantry items.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-284811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}