Turchetti's Salumeria is on Prospect Street in the heart of Fountain Square and is part of the area's gentrification. I'm probably using the term incorrectly, but to me it is one of many new "hipster" places there, elegant spaces where young urban professionals with more money than they know what to do with can go to spend it on very fine but pretentious and expensive food and drink. Turchetti's (pronounced like TurKETy's) is sort of unusual in that one side of the business is a meat market with somewhat regular hours while the other is a sort of delicatessen/cafe with variable open/closed times. (Visit Turchettis.com for the list).
We'd already eaten lunch, but the menu featured a number of deli-type dishes and appetizers ranging from 3 halves of Deviled Eggs for $5 up to sandwich or charcuterie plates just under $20. The deli has a full bar, and TLW had a $7 glass of wine while I had a well-drink Gin & Tonic for $4, which ain't outrageous but not cheap, either. We did order a Turchetti Tour sampler, which is 2 slices each of 5 different sausages for $12, including a form of pepperoni that was quite tasty. The only problem was the slices were beyond paper thin-- I mean, you could see the grain of the charcuterie board through them! We could have wadded up all 10 slices together and swallowed them without knowing we'd eaten anything.
It was a rather entertaining experience, overall. Just watching the eclectic customers and employees was a little show in itself. Our server/bartender was very friendly and courteous, which belied her short hair (not Sinnead O'Connor short but Dennis Quaid short), underarm hair that really should have been braided, and large cobra tattoo on her back. We stopped in the meat market on the way out and saw many tasty-looking meats, although the sausages in which I was interested were sold at $6.50 to $8 per QUARTER POUND. From this, as a $$ guy, I would say Turchetti's is someplace where everyone should go... once.
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