{"id":375664,"date":"2026-08-19T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/375664\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T15:00:09","slug":"mozza-opening-with-artisan-sandwiches-in-st-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/375664\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozza Opening with Artisan Sandwiches in St. Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new spot for Italian-style sandwiches is in the works in St. Petersburg. Opening at 2319 Dr M.L.K. Jr. St N, Mozza Paninoteca will offer \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mozzastpete\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Artisan sandwiches, wine, Italian goods &amp; soft cheeses<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe concept comes from local cheesemaker Michael Deininger, better known as \u2018Mozzarella Mike,\u2019 a St. Pete native who began hosting pop-ups and catering events last April centered around his freshly made mozzarella,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/stpeterising.com\/home\/italian-sandwich-shop-mozza-opening-this-summer-on-mlk-in-st-pete\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">coverage<\/a> published about Mozza by St. Pete Rising earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant is now <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/EaZRogtXqGewVgoz8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">viewable<\/a> on Google Maps, which says Mozza will open on October 1.<\/p>\n<p>Launching in the Dr M.L.K. Jr Street North location, Mozza will join restaurants like Blush Tea and Coffee, Neighborhood Joe, and Trip\u2019s Diner.<\/p>\n<p>A representative of Mozza Paninoteca could not be reached immediately for comment on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>You can keep up with the opening by following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mozzastpete\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@mozzastpete<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new spot for Italian-style sandwiches is in the works in St. Petersburg. Opening at 2319 Dr M.L.K.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-375664","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\/375664","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=375664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}