A look at Marmo Deli & Bar

Update: Marmo has closed.

There are many delicious options at Marmo Deli & Bar but I’ll cut to the chase and tell you my top favorite meal there.

First, I get the Frittata Sandwich with five herb frittata, housemade foccacia, arugula, radicchio, endive, lemon vin, aioli, pecorino. It brings together their light and airy frittata (which you can also get on it’s own) with their buttery soft homemade foccacia. I will not tell you how often I have inhaled this sandwich. You can also just get the frittata with salad and cut out the carbs, but I would not personally give up that foccacia. This is currently my favorite egg sandwich in town that isn’t a breakfast sandwich.

To wash it down I order the housemade Marmo limoncello.

The cocktail the Marmo Cup during the summer with Campari, basil, lemon, strawberry, cucumber and ginger beer goes down so easily. Many times it has been much needed refreshment after I get off the Max all the way from Hillsboro to downtown. The San Remo which is a regular thorugh the seasons offers Cynar, Marmo Limoncello, mint, prosecco is also a classic.

The inside of Marmo is small and clean, a mix of black and white and marble. Despite the name of deli, it is much more sophisticated inside than the expected glass counters of meats. It’s more of an Italian cafe and bar really.

Other delicious options on the menu include Pesto Deviled Eggs and a Charcuterie Plate with cured meats, parm, pickeld veg, baguette if you are looking more for a snacks rather than a meal.

On the more substantial side then these small snack items is the Strozapretti Pasta Salad with fresh squid ink pasta (sourced from Rick Gencarelli’s Grassa), cured salmon, dill crème fraîche, cucumber, capers, and bread crumbs for a lunch that fills you up but won’t make you overfull so that you’re are sleepy when you go back to work.

For more comfort, go with a warm small plate like this Mac ‘N Cheese with fontina, ricotta, asiagio, parmesan, bread crumbs and candied bacon on top.

And then, there’s the very filling (you could order one so split between 2 people… or have half for lunch and half ford inner and get a side to enjoy it with, which is my play) Italian Sub with Mortadella, finocchiona, spicy coppa, shredded romaine, provolone, pepperoncini, red onion, oregano, aioli, Italian vin, all on a roll.

Their happy hour offers 3-6:30 and offers $1 all food items and $4 beers. With wine, you can get whole or half bottles during happy hour are priced at $7 glass $21 carafe.

Have you been to Marmo? Have you had a frittata sandwich on foccacia before? And why is this not a more popular sandwich – it’s much tastier than egg salad!