"Officina, the three-level food hall restaurateur Nicholas Stefanelli is erecting at the Wharf, is now projected to open this summer. That will give the owner of Michelin-starred Masseria a few more months to build up the collection of amaros he’ll feature at Officina’s coziest bar; perfect the grab-and-go dishes served at the spacious ground floor market; and choose the most glorious “hunks of meat” to be placed before diners at the casual restaurant. The ambitious endeavor was originally scheduled to arrive this spring, along with other members of the Wharf’s roster of rolling openings; that list includes neighboring Rappahannock Oyster Bar and rum-focused Potomac Distilling Company. Stefanelli tells Eater that construction is coming along but that there’s still plenty of little details to fill in. He says he’s working with Jimi Yui, who also helped designed the original Eataly in New York City, on making the multi-purpose space flow as most efficiently as possible." - Warren Rojas
