19 Elm Row · Edinburgh · Since 1934
Not so much a deli — more a way of life.
Scotland’s oldest delicatessen and Italian wine merchant — an independent family business, serving Edinburgh from the same shop for over ninety years, and the nation by next-day delivery.
- Royal Warrant — Fine Cheese
- Living Wage Employer
- Fringe Venue 67
The Royal Warrant
By Appointment to His Majesty The King — Suppliers of Fine Cheese.
Granted the Royal Warrant as supplier of fine cheese to His Majesty King Charles III. The same counter that serves Elm Row serves the King — and ships to your door.
Since 1934
Four generations.
One shop.
From market stall to dot com — the whole story happens at 19 Elm Row.
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1934
One of Europe’s original specialist food shops
Valvona & Crolla is founded — Scotland’s oldest delicatessen and Italian wine merchant, an independent family business from the first day.
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1993
The Caffè Bar — and Carlo’s Blend
Carlo Contini creates the house coffee just before the Caffè Bar opens. It’s roasted in-house again today — just like Carlo used to do.
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Every August
The deli becomes a theatre
The gift room converts into a 70-seat theatre — Fringe Venue 67 — with the Chairman himself on the bill.
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Today
Philip, Mary, Francesca & Olivia
Still family-run from the original premises — now holding the Royal Warrant for fine cheese, and serving the whole nation online.
The shop
The counter that serves the nation.
Fonteluna® sausage made specifically for the house. Fior’ Fiore cold-pressed olive oil from Puglia. Cheese kept well enough to earn a Royal Warrant. Fruit and veg up from the Milano markets, arriving every Monday.
All of it crosses the same counter it always has — and all of it ships, next-day, to most of the UK.
- Fonteluna® sausageMade for V&C
- Fior’ Fiore olive oilCold-pressed · Puglia
- Carlo’s Blend coffeeRoasted in-house
- Milano market produceEvery Monday
- Hampers & gift vouchersVouchers never expire
“V&C is a national treasure.” Pete Irvine · Scotland the Best
The Caffè Bar
Lunch under the timber beams
The converted warehouse behind the shop — skylights, sage walls, and a kitchen fed directly by the deli counter. Mon–Sat, last orders 4:45pm.
Visit the Caffè
Venue 67
The deli with its own Fringe theatre
Every August the gift room becomes a 70-seat theatre — 18 shows in 2026, and the Chairman sings in one of them.
See what’s on
Hampers & gifts
Ninety years of taste, in a basket
Hampers packed at the counter and sent UK-wide — plus gift vouchers that never expire.
Browse the shopFrom the family Demo — concept only
A letter from Elm Row, when it matters.
New arrivals from Italy, tasting nights, the Monday produce, the Fringe programme — written the way the family has always written, signed Philip, Mary, Francesca and Olivia.
Grazie mille.
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