Tristan Simon and Julian Barsotti Team Up for New Italian Deli Concept: SimonBarsotti in Dallas

Posted on May 25th, 2010 1:55pm by Nancy Nichols
Filed under Baking, Celebrity Chefs, Neighborhood restaurants, Openings/Closings, Restaurant News, Sandwiches

Cover boy Julian Barsotti.

Tristan (Consilient Restaurants) Simon and Julian (Nonna) Barsotti have formed a partnership and will open SimonBarsotti, a “modern interpretation of an Italian deli.”  SimonBarsotti will focus will be on artisan sandwiches (hot and cold) made panini-style or in a wood fire oven. They will be open for breakfast, lunch, and “drive home” which translates into 7:00 AM to 7:00PM daily. The 5,300 square foot restaurant, with a seating capacity of 120, will be located in the old Potter metal works building on Willis and the service road to N. Central.

The talents of Barsotti, execuchef at Nonna, will be showcased thusly: six to seven types of bread baked daily, fresh pastas, house-cured meats, and house-made cheeses. SimonBarsotti will also sell affordable “Italian and Mediterranean wines” and have a small take out component. Each day they will offer eight to ten items that will that “change in a seasonably minded manner” to pick up on your drive home.

Currently the restaurant is in “design phase” and Barsotti and Simon hope to have the restaurant ready in October. “But we aren’t going to open until January,” says Simon. “Jules wants a couple of months to get in there and work with curing meat and making cheese and bread.”

14 comments

  1. I’ll look forward to their opening. It should be great foe me as I live in the neighborhood.

    @ 2:50 pm on May 25, 2010

  2. Can’t wait. Sounds like a brilliant concept.

    @ 3:15 pm on May 25, 2010

  3. Yeah, that’s great news. Except for Jimmy’s.

    @ 3:52 pm on May 25, 2010

  4. search “simon barsinister”

    @ 4:19 pm on May 25, 2010

  5. Sounds like it won’t be the least bit expensive and Jimmy’s will have nothing to fear from these guys.

    @ 4:23 pm on May 25, 2010

  6. More great news discovered by Sidedish! Has the Dallas Yesterday’s News ever broken a story?

    @ 6:32 pm on May 25, 2010

  7. @Marion: LOL!

    @ 6:53 pm on May 25, 2010

  8. Please do an Italian Roast Pork Sandwich like DiNic’s in Philadelphia!!

    @ 9:05 pm on May 25, 2010

  9. Nancy is kicking ass and taking names.

    @ 10:28 pm on May 25, 2010

  10. kewl!! and to bring up the bees knees, you go NN!!!

    @ 12:07 am on May 26, 2010

  11. I heard they were taking over the old cafe pacific space at HPV.

    @ 12:31 pm on May 26, 2010

  12. If you are taking suggestions, i’d like a porchetta sandwich along the lines of Salumi in Seattle

    @ 1:36 pm on May 26, 2010

  13. I want that now!

    @ 3:56 pm on May 26, 2010

  14. hecks yes!!! go Jules!!!

    @ 1:41 pm on May 27, 2010