Salume Beddu
Salume Beddu, the small retail shop for cured meats and a few other carefully curated items for high-end Italian food preparation, serves lunch. Simple and rustic, the lunches provide tantalizing tastes of what's available retail. Toward the weekend, there are specials, but the regular menu is definitely worth exploring. As much as we like the 'nduja bruschetta, what really stands out is the sandwich with speck. Speck? Italian? Yes, via the Alto Adige, in the north of Italy. Unlike the German speck, this is rather like prosciutto. Paper-thin, of course, and laid out on a piece of baguette, it's accented with Gruyere cheese and thin slices of preserved lemon. That's what lifts it beyond the expected ham-and-cheese results. The retail shop is open later than lunch hours.