Cousin Vinny’s, a Tampa-based sandwich shop known for its New York-inspired menu, is making its St. Petersburg debut. The shop is expected to move into its second location at 2063 Central Ave. by November, replacing another northeast-inspired sandwich spot, Little Philly.
The shop began as a ghost kitchen in 2023. Co-owners Vincent “Vinny” Andriotti and Russell Leone operated out of a commissary kitchen on Nebraska Avenue, where the only pickup slots were limited to Saturdays and Sundays.
“Our customers were planning their weeks around picking up a sandwich on Saturday or Sunday—it was absolutely wild,” Andriotti previously told Creative Loafing…