Philadelphia

Mercer Cafe at the Navy Yard Serving The Famous Tacconelli’s Pizza and Other Good Things…

June 23, 2015 by HughE Dillon

The folks who brought you Tacconelli’s Pizza, then Mercer Cafe in Port Richmond, have opened a new eatery Mercer Cafe at the Navy Yard located at 15th Street and Kitty Hawk Avenue, next to the Dinic’s
location. (Building 623)

The brick-oven pizza will be available for
eat-in, takeout and delivery, in addition to Mercer‘s breakfast and
lunch fare. The restaurant is open Monday through Friday 7 AM – 4 PM Closed Weekends

Mercer Café staffers: Dana
Kollmar and Kelly Anne Hood.

 Mercer Café staffers: Jacqueline Cole, Lisa
Ballentine, and Brianna Beady.

Tom Woltjen and Vince Tacconelli co-owners

Dina Woltjen and Doris Tacconelli.

Nick Bello and Liza Bello.
Liza Bello, Marie Discher, and Richie Angeloni.
Diana Lu, Tom Dalto, and Poe
Leggette General Manager of the Navy Yard.

Sam Rhoads, Liza Bello,
and John Grady PIDC President.

 Liza Woltjen Bello has worked in the restaurant business her whole life,
starting at the families pizzeria, Tacconelli’s pizza, and then at
Mercer Cafe since 2000. 
 The South Philly Review reviews Mercer Cafe’s Mascarpone French Toast
Eric Griffin, Jessica Calter, and Jen Tran
DJ Patty-Pat Kozlowski and
Meghan O’Connor.

Kara and Nick

Hazan Radwan and Kristin
Radwan present Liza Bello with a plaque.

Diana Lu, Tom Dalto, and Poe
Leggette General Manager of the Navy Yard.

Diana Lu, Tom Dalto, and Poe
Leggette General Manager of the Navy Yard.

According to Michael Klein at Philly.com,
The project also is a homecoming for
co-owner Tom Woltjen Sr., who started in 1980 as a sheet metal mechanic
at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. In 1998, he and his brother Robert
converted a rowhouse at Westmoreland and Mercer Streets into Mercer
Cafe. His wife, Dina, is a Tacconelli.
Read
more at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/the-insider/Mercer-Cafe-opening-at-Navy-Yard-with-Tacconellis-Pizza.html#8zZVDJ6Lg1Oc5HhG.99