Italian café opens new outdoor dining space at County Durham shopping centre

An Italian café in a County Durham shopping centre will be broadening their dining offerings with a brand new dining terrace and pizza van.

Etto Caffé will be opening their new outdoor space in Dalton Park which will offer an additional 36 seats.

The new area will be decorated with olive trees to compliment the “Italian feel.”

A Dalton Park spokesperson said they were delighted to welcome the new al fresco option which has been in high demand at the shopping centre.

Hilary Massarella, from Massarella and Co said: “We are delighted to be expanding our dining outdoors and adding to our food offering at Dalton Park.

“We know that Etto Caffé is popular with Dalton Park’s visitors and look forward to seeing the reaction to the new arrival of the pizza van.”

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Richard Kaye, centre manager at Dalton Park said: “It has been brilliant to see Etto Caffé thrive since opening almost three years ago.

“The demand from our visitors for more al fresco dining options has been high, and we cannot wait to see how popular this new terrace is.

“The summer months are upon us and the option to enjoy a pizzetta in the sunshine is sure to be a massive hit with our Dalton Park guests.”