Part of Valvona & Crolla’s burgeoning foodie stable, VinCaffe has long proved a tasty addition to Scotland’s oldest deli and Italian wine merchants. A sister outfit to the original Valvona & Crolla shop and café on Elm Row, this family-run affair is all about the produce, from their own bakery made bread to their own brand olive oil. The antipasto plates with a glass V&C’s own excellent fizz or wine selection are a great shout – the Tagliere di Manzo (wafer thin slices of Aberdeen Angus fillet) coming highly recommended.

Scotland’s oldest Italian delicatessen dates from when most Scots bought olive oil in small bottles with droppers from the chemist. It’s a wine merchant as well, with a good café/bar hidden at the back. But the deli remains essentially unchanged, with meats, cheeses, olives and all manner of other good things behind the counter and hanging from the ceiling, while old-fashioned grocer’s shelves are packed with cans, jars, bottles and packets of every description.

Deli, Wine Bar, Cafe, Charcuterie, Restaurant, Wine, Italian. As the don of Edinburgh’s Italian cuisine scene, family-run Valvona & Crolla has been a foodie force since 1934, thanks to its Italian fare, deli produce, stellar wine list, pastries and artisanal ingredients. There’s no questioning the authenticity of the dishes here, as each bite brings home a taste of an Italian countryside.

Named after a mountain in northwestern Scotland, this rustic cellar restaurant (paired with a chic modern brasserie and gin bar) adds sophisticated twists…

Something of an Edinburgh institution, Valvona & Crolla which first opened its doors back in 1934 is Scotland’s oldest wine merchant and holds a Royal Warrant from the late Queen. Nowadays, the Contini family who run this Italian outpost in the Scottish capital oversee a burgeoning business that incorporates the original deli in Elm Walk, which is packed to the rafters with mountains of Italian gastronomic goodies, complete with a cafe restaurant hidden away at the back, plus several other restaurants dotted around the city centre. What they all have in common, however, is a passion for food a...

As Scotland’s oldest delicatessen, still family-run, the beautiful store of Valvona and Crolla is like stepping into a Tardis. Behind the unassuming shopfront is a beautiful store packed with fresh local produce and Italian treats ranging from soft cheeses to sweet indulgences; you have everything you could need for a pimped-out picnic here. Towards the back of the store is a cafe and wine selection, which, given the small size from the outside, only those in the know will find this place on an average foodie weekend in Edinburgh.

It’s a bit out of the way down Leith Walk” and “you have to go into the shop to find it”, but it’s “worth a detour” to discover the café behind this “Edinburgh legend” – a deli and wine merchant that’s been going strong since 1934, and where diners profit from a truly miniscule (£6) corkage fee on any of the fine wines available in the store. Also on the menu, “great coffee (as you‘d expect) and a wide variety of Italian dolce and snacks” (“if the pizza is on at lunchtime, have it – you won’t regret it”).

Weave your way through a shop filled with the most amazing cheeses and meats and you’ll find Valvona & Crolla’s café and wine bar tucked away at the back of its delicatessen. Billed as Scotland’s oldest wine merchant, V&C was founded in 1934 and holds a royal warrant from the late Queen. As well as its range of wines by the glass – including some of its own label stars – guests can also pay just £8 corkage to pop open any of the wines from its bottle shop, which can lead to all kind of Italianate fun.

Then there’s Lupe Pintos, the Mexican-Spanish deli that’s our go-to for when we want to feel like we’re kind of at Decimo and the iconic Valvona & Crolla, Scotland's oldest delicatessen and Italian wine merchant, where tumbles of fresh handmade pappardelle sit in abundance next to trays of ravioli and cappelletti. For Scottish cheese and general picnickkery, it has to be I.J Mellis, where you’d be hard pressed to leave without a wedge of Clava Brie and a couple of sausage rolls for the road.

Valvona and Crolla, an Italian Delicatessen with a long history, are responsible for my idea of what sourdough bread should taste like. Their sourdough loaves are sour in a way nothing else I've tasted has been, and on a good day their bread is unbelievably tasty and addictive. Unlike the other two I recommend, the crumb of these loaves tends to be quite dense, but when the bread is also soft, in combination with the sour flavour it just makes it all the more addictive.

Edinburgh’s premier Italian grocer has a cafe on Multrees Walk called Vincaffee that does delicious Bombolini, a small, hand made, Italian sugar doughnut that comes in the shape of one of those ubiquitous charity ribbons people wear on their lapels at fancy events. You can also find them at the Valvona and Crolla pop up booths throughout the year at various Edinburgh festivals, including in St Andrew Square for the Fringe.

Don’t be fooled by the small entrance to Valvona & Crolla – venture inside and you’ll find yourself in a veritable emporium. This independent, Italian-family-run store is Scotland’s oldest deli and Italian wine merchant, and an Edinburgh institution. Shopping here is a sensory adventure among floor-to-ceiling shelves stacked with gourmet speciality foods, meats hanging from the ceiling, and a lengthy cheese counter.

Italian deli Valvona & Crolla in Leith opened way back in 1934, and is still going strong. While its owners have branched out into various cafés, restaurants and food halls across town, the deli has remained virtually the same throughout the years. Valvona & Crolla specialise in Italian cheese like gorgonzola and taleggio, but they also stock some choice varieties from France and the UK.

For a touch of sophistication in your dessert game, Valona & Crolla in Edinburgh is the go-to spot. This deli-restaurant, café, and food bar are trusted staples in the city’s dining scene. Amidst the tempting cheese and meat selection, discover a treasure trove of bite-size pastries, tartlets, truffle cakes, macarons, panna cotta, and tiramisu.

Located at the top of Leith Walk the inconspicuous entrance does not reveal much of the vast range of produce that is on offer within. Fine wines, spirits, cheese, cold meats, cured meats, olives, fresh bread, … Read More. Category: Independent Local Traders, Leith, ShopperTags: Bakery, Breakfast, Coffee, Delicatessen, Italian, Luxury, Romantic

You should go to this 90-year-old Italian deli for the high-quality local produce, for the fresh fruit and veg it brings direct from Milan each week, and for the bread and pastries from the on-site bakery. But you should also just for the experience of being there. It’s an old-school treat that reminds us of what grocery shopping should be.

Valvona & Crolla – opened in 1934 to serve the city’s Italian population, this family run business has a loyal following in Edinburgh. The café services rustic Italian food, and is a wonderful place for lunch. They also make lovely cakes (try the orange polenta) if you are looking for a quick afternoon sugary treat.

An Italian deli, founded with the first wave of Italian immigrants to Edinburgh in 1934, it's crammed with imported Italian goodies, oils, cheeses, pasta, hams, and sausages. Even their veggies are imported daily from Milan. In 1996 they opened a cafe that serves lunches and early dinners on the weekends.

Immortalised in Alexander McCall Smith’s ‘Scotland Street’ books, Valvona & Crolla is the city’s favourite supplier of Italian Edinburgh foods. Once you’ve gathered up a basket of Italy’s finest produce in the attached deli, the caffè is the place to relax with a plate of antipasti or fresh pasta.

The Contini family are Edinburgh deli royalty—and this local institution, established in 1934, is reassuringly old school. It feels like stepping back in time, with hams dangling from the high ceiling, old wooden shelves crammed with Scottish and Italian delicacies…

Edinburgh’s Italian gastro-scene owes a great deal to members of the Contini dynasty, in fact their original deli and wine store remains ‘numero uno’ in the city with its treasure-trove of artisan provisions.

At top of Leith walk is Valvona & Crolla established 1934 a great Italian Del with a cafe through the back. Broughton Street also has a good selection of bars and cafes for breakfast.

And at Valvona & Crolla, Pitchblenders: Só Danço Samba is ‘an evening of vibrant bossa nova, ebullient bal musette and soul-stirring contemporary songs from Spain, France and Brazil’.

Valvona & Crolla, nestled at Elm Row’s top end of Leith Walk, serves up their ‘Full Scottish’ with a twist – adding haggis and bacon to the mix of locally sourced produce.