Much-loved Sheffield restaurant announces ambitious expansion plans with exciting new addition
A popular restaurant in Sheffield is continuing its expansion with an ambitious new opening
The team behind a highly-rated Sheffield restaurant are preparing to announce an ambitious new opening.
DOMO, which opened in 2019, occupies the ground floor of a 19th-century redbrick former mill building on the Kelham Island development.
Built around Sardinian food and culture, over the years DOMO has gone from strength to strength, establishing itself as one of the most in-demand restaurants in Kelham Island with stellar 4.6 star reviews from more than 1,500 satisfied customers on Google.
The award-winning restaurant, which even featured in the The Good Food Guide has been so successful that it's even opened a second spot in Leeds.
And now it's set to expand its empire in Sheffield with a new production kitchen, deli and neighbourhood café in the area.
Named Mercato, the latest venture from husband and wife team Raffaele Busceddu and Sarah Elliott-Busceddu is set to open towards the end of September not far from the current restaurant.
It will be based at Green Lane in Little Kelham.
It is set to specialise in freshly made Sardinian produce, much of which will be created on site before being supplied to the group’s restaurants in both Sheffield and Leeds.
The couple say the idea for Mercato emerged following DOMO’s recent expansion into West Yorkshire, creating a need for a dedicated production space capable of supporting both locations.
“With the expansion of DOMO from Sheffield into Leeds, we wanted a space specifically used for the production of all our homemade products,” they explain.
“Mercato will allow us to reach the next level of self-sufficiency that we’ve been striving for by becoming the main producer of our Sardinian products and supplying both of our restaurant sites in Sheffield and Leeds.
“But we didn’t want to stop there. We saw an opportunity for Mercato to become a neighbourhood space with its own rhythm and purpose, bringing together food, retail and community, so we decided to open Mercato to the public.”
Visitors can expect a menu built around many of the dishes and ingredients that have helped establish DOMO’s reputation: coffee, focaccia sandwiches, fresh pasta, gelato, Sardinian deli items and drinks.
Mercato will have a small seating area both inside and out where customers can relax and watch the world go by.
In a statement, the owners add: “Mercato has been created as a space where everyone is welcome, a place that brings the local community together.
“Whether it be popping in to browse our deli shelves & fridges & watch our pasta making in action, picking up a morning coffee, stopping by for a focaccia sandwich lunch, enjoying our homemade gelato on a warm summers day, picking up some Sardinian desserts for a family party, or some fresh pasta to have for tea with a nice bottle of Sardinian wine, Mercato will be a warm bustling space full of life.