Fruttivendolo
Italian fruit, veg and dry goods brought in direct, in a Dalry Road greengrocer with no kitchen behind it.1
Why go
The List names it in the Also try line of its guide to Edinburgh delis and purveyors, on Dalry Road, for a cornucopia of imported Italian fruit, veg, treats and dry goods.
1 That one sentence is everything anyone has published about the shop. The hygiene register puts it at 110a Dalry Road and files it as a retailer, which matches: this is a greengrocer with an Italian larder attached, and it has no kitchen.2
Good to know
- Address: 110a Dalry Road EH11 2DW.2
- Price: nobody publishes one.
- Getting there: Dalry Road runs west from Haymarket, so it is a five to ten minute walk from Haymarket station.
- Hygiene: Food Hygiene Information Scheme Pass, inspected 6 February 2024, FHRSID 1575724. Thirty months old, so it is a pass and it is not recent.2
- Searching the hygiene register: the FSA files it as Il Fruttivendolo, with the article the shopfront and the website drop.2
Jeff's take (his words)
- Note: "Special fruit place. Insta." That is the only first-hand read of this shop.
Verdict
listed — An Italian greengrocer on Dalry Road that The List picks out for imported Italian fruit, vegetables, treats and dry goods, in an Also try line at the foot of its delis roundup. That is the entire published record. Jeff's own note calls it a special fruit place, which is a first-hand steer and the strongest thing on the row. It stays at listed because nobody has written about the shop at length, no price or hours are published anywhere, and a greengrocer is a stop rather than a destination unless you are cooking. Worth a detour if you want Italian produce you cannot get in a supermarket, and worth a proper look on a future pass because Jeff flagged it himself.