Dining Additions Coming to Epcot {Updated with Concept Art}

Table is Set for Exciting Dining Additions Coming to Epcot

Walt Disney World Resort Press Release
January 29, 2010

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. – Two exciting additions are coming to Epcot World Showcase, with culinary expansions under way at the Italy pavilion and Mexico pavilion.

In Italy, an authentic Neapolitan pizzeria is under construction with opening planned for fall 2010 in time for the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival. Operated by Patina Restaurant Group, the same restaurateurs who run the pavilion’s Tutto Italia Ristorante, the 300-seat pizzeria is inspired by Naples 45, another Patina Restaurant Group pizzeria on East 45th Street in New York City.

The casual pizzeria will feature wood-burning ovens – and will import water from a source that most resembles the water in Naples, Italy, home of some of the world’s best pizza dough. The menu also will feature pastas, salads, sandwiches and Italian wines.

The 14,000-square-foot space will include indoor and outdoor dining.

At Mexico, the popular Cantina de San Angel restaurant is expanding, and will feature 400 seats with al fresco seating for lunch and a perfect place for viewing “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth,” the nightly Epcot fireworks spectacular.

The restaurant will feature south-of-the border creations from the culinary team at San Angel Inn LLC, who have run both the outside eatery and the pavilion’s San Angel Inn for more than 25 years. Opening also is set for fall 2010.

Concept Art:

Naples Ristorante e Pizzeria

Cantina De San Angel

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Originally Posted by Figment!

Table is Set for Exciting Dining Additions Coming to Epcot

At Mexico, the popular Cantina de San Angel restaurant is expanding, and will feature 400 seats with al fresco seating for lunch and a perfect place for viewing “IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth,” the nightly Epcot fireworks spectacular.
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Hmmm...I wonder how long it will be before special tickets or reservations are required at this location in order to get to that "perfect place for viewing Illuminations"???

well...Rose & Crown have always had 'special' seating along the water ... if you time it right...and it never cost extra...just have to be on the phone the minute they open to get an ADR at the right time. -- Oh yea, you also have to like ash in your food.
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I love the sound of the new pizzeria! Being part Neopolitan myself, I'm anxious to see what their interepretation of "real Italian pizza" is like.

I'm excited about these two new locations!

Both sound interesting, and we will try one out on the next trip:thumbsup:

Sounds good.
I will now have a reason to stop by "Italy", for so long it has just been a walk by.

I'm hoping and wishing for good pizza!!!

Can't wait to try out this new pizzeria. World Showcase needs more casual dining options.

Thanks Jason, this is very exciting! :mickey:

I am looking forward to the pizzeria. We may be spending a lot of time eating in Epcot on our next trip!

I am very excited about the Italian restaurant - although, I truly enjoyed the "old" one. I have many, many great memories of eating at the San Angel Inn on the water. I am thrilled there will be more seating, and maybe the viewing will be better than ever.

I must say that the idea expanding good seating for viewing Illuminations is exciting!:mickey:

Yum, pizza. I can't wait.

I hate to seem dense here but...is this CS or TS do you think? :blush:

wow, very exciting news. When I read the post I thought maybe it would be another CS in future world or something

The pizzeria sounds yummy! Looks like a fun exprience too.

I can't wait to try the new Italian eatery!!!! I hope it's open for our October trip!!! Any idea if they will be added to the dining plan or accepting TIW?

I hope there is at LEAST a take out window where you can get pizza by the slice, if it ends up being TS. Sounds like it will be TS, but a little less "formal" than Tutto Italia. The Naples at Downtown Disney @ Disneyland is very casual (i.e., no linen table cloths) and has a bar inside with flat screen t.v.'s that show sports and such. It also has an open kitchen, where you can watch them making all the pizzas. :thumbsup:

I'm sure it will be on the dining plan. Tutto Italia is, so it would stand to reason this would also be.

I'm also excited about these additions to Epcot. The chance for a quality pizza at WDW is long overdue, that being said, I hope that it will be a CS dining spot.

I like the pizza plan....good pizza is one thing that is lacking in epcot.

These both sound like great new additions. Can't wait to try both of them. Very exciting! :mickey:

Thanks for the update Jason! :thumbsup: :mickey:

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Originally Posted by Mousemates

I like the pizza plan....good pizza is one thing that is lacking in epcot.

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Correction....good pizza is one thing that is lacking in all of Disney World. :sick:

I do hope that the Italian place is CS!! *crosses fingers*

We saw the printed screen in Italy this past week. A passing guest remarked to her husband' "I wonder what they are building there". I replied it was a new pizza place. She looked at me funny and asked how I knew that. INTERCOT!! :thumbsup:

Naples Ristorante e Pizzeria Concept Art

Cantina De San Angel Concept Art

Any word on the projected opening dates other than fall 2010?

I wonder why the artist left out The Dolphin in the background of the Cantina drawing.

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Originally Posted by Ms. Mode

I hate to seem dense here but...is this CS or TS do you think? :blush:

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The answer is....yes. Not yes you're dense. :D
Yes, it's both!

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Originally Posted by Scar

I wonder why the artist left out The Dolphin in the background of the Cantina drawing.

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Weeeeelllll.....and everything else.....

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I agree that the pizza is terrible in Disney.