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At Caffe Vienna, South Philly-style Italian sandwiches in Rittenhouse

Menu includes Italian sandwiches ($7.75 to $8.75), baked goods, yogurt parfaits, and coffee.

A hoagie with capicola, sharp Provolone, and sweet soppressata from Caffe Vienna at 20th and Locust Streets.
A hoagie with capicola, sharp Provolone, and sweet soppressata from Caffe Vienna at 20th and Locust Streets.Read moreMICHAEL KLEIN / Staff

Jonathan Tortorice and Pat DeTommaso, who grew up near 16th and Jackson Streets in South Philadelphia, are in the soft-opening phase of Caffe Vienna, their sandwich shop on the corner of 20th and Locust Streets, a block off Rittenhouse Square. It's the former Yogorino.

"This is what we grew up eating," said DeTommaso, a contractor. Tortorice was a longtime official with Local 8 of IATSE (the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees).

Menu includes Italian sandwiches ($7.75 to $8.75), baked goods, yogurt parfaits, and coffee. They're using bread from Sarcone's and Metropolitan Bakery. In a nod to vegetarian customers, they're selling avocado toasts and Nutella toasts.

Through the Sept. 6 grand opening, the partners will be handing out samples.

Initial hours are 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.