Molly "Meatball Molly" McCann is "blown away" by the support Liverpool has offered her on the launch of her first food venture, Polpetta.
It's an authentic Italian restaurant covering all of the classics from spaghetti and meatballs , and fettuccini alfredo to street food variants including courgette fries and homemade crisps.Polpetta is the Italian word for meatball so naturally it feels like a solid option to label Italian cuisine. On its opening night, Wednesday, July 5, there was a line down the street well before doors opened.
Taking a breather for no more than a few minutes, Molly admitted she was blown away by the support she was receiving. She told the Echo: "10 years ago, I was working in the Subway on Bromley Street and it's where I got my name. Looking at this now, I'm just completely blown away by the city showing up for me.
The 33-year-old added: "We went for a drink and in February we came here for a Guinness. We actually wanted to open a butcher's, something like Molly's meats house, but then we thought, 'What's was our favourite food?' and it's Italian - I'm the meatball, let's do this. We'd meet every Thursday in Punch Tarmey's for a Guinness and we'd come up with a little bit more on a little bit more.