A new Italian restaurant has taken root on Market Street in downtown Wilmington. Villa Italiana Mediterranean Cuisine, at 218 N. Market St., held its grand opening on Sept. 15, capping more than two years of work.
Diego Molina, whose family owns the restaurant, told Delawareonline.com that the project had been more than two years in the making.
What Diners Will Find Inside
The finished space leans into old-world Italian flourishes. The restaurant features hand-painted murals and a bust in the bar area, according to the same report.
Villa Italiana is open daily. The Molina family is not new to the local restaurant business — they also own Three Amigos, a Mexican restaurant in Wilmington, along with another Mexican restaurant in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.
Joining an Already Crowded Market Street Scene
Villa Italiana’s arrival adds another name to a stretch of downtown Wilmington that has steadily built a reputation as a food destination. Market Street has grown into what BPG Group describes as a dining destination stretching from La Fia to The Chancery Market Food Hall & Bar, a scene that helped land Wilmington on Condé Nast Traveler’s 2023 list of the best places to go in the United States…