MidiCi Pizza Gets Assembly Row Opening Date

SOMERVILLE, MA – Neapolitan pizza chain MidiCi will open in Somerville next year, the company announced Wednesday. MidiCi's first New England restaurant at Assembly Row has set an official opening date for Thursday, Jan. 11. The restaurant will give away free Margherita pizzas, one per guest, from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. to celebrate its grand opening.

The following day, 20 percent of all sales will be donated to the Somerville High School Culinary Arts Program and Somerville Homeless Coalition. MidiCi will also offer free Margherita pizzas to children 12 and under – with a paying adult – on Saturday, Jan. 13 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

MidiCi's menu offers traditional and signature menu options, as well as personalized Napolitan pizzas, baked in an open kitchen format known as "the Heart." Acclaimed Los Angeles-based restauranteur Peppe Miele and Mario Vollera, both Italian natives and renowned Neapolitan pizza chefs, created the menu with authentic dishes and drinks – from artisan burratas and traditional pizzas to craft beers, fine wines and cocktails – to "ensure a complete Neapolitan pizza experience."

The space is designed by celebrated Los Angeles hotel and restaurant designer and architect Sam Marshall and marries an upscale dining ambiance with a casual dining feel.

"We're proud of the fact that when we open a MidiCi, we're not just offering genuine Italian fare, but we're also creating a number of jobs that can help the local economy," Sean Olson, owner of Olson Restaurant Group, which also owns several Five Guys and Capriotti's Sandwich Shops in the area, said in a previous statement. "We feel confident that we will find some motivated and passionate candidates to help MidiCi make its mark on Assembly Row."

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