Schiacciata in Edinburgh, baked fresh and filled to order
Croccante means crunchy, and the bread is the point. Our schiacciata is pressed flat, baked until the crust cracks, and filled after you order.
Croccante & Co, 2 Lynedoch Place, Edinburgh West End.
A schiacciata is a Tuscan flatbread, pressed flat and baked crisp
A schiacciata is a Tuscan flatbread. It is pressed flat and baked so the crust is crisp, then split and filled. In Tuscany it is everyday street food: bought while you wait, eaten in the street, sometimes torn and shared straight from the paper.
Pressing the dough flat is what gives the bread its character. Thin enough to crackle when you bite it, sturdy enough to hold a generous filling without going soft.
At Croccante & Co in Edinburgh's West End, every schiacciata is filled after you order it and handed over hot. Croccante means crunchy in Italian, so the bread is the part we care most about.
Schiacciate is the plural. That is why the sign in the shop says schiacciate, and why this page is called that too.
In the shop you will find a full range, from Roma and Napoli to V-Gan and La Contessa, plus a weekly special. Ask the team what is on this week.
Every schiacciata is filled after you order it, not before
There is no row of pre-made sandwiches going soft under a lid. You choose one, we split the bread and fill it in front of you, and it goes over the counter hot.
That is why there is sometimes a wait at the busiest part of the morning. It is also why the crust is still crisp when you unwrap it, and why people are happy to come back for it.
- 01You choosePick from the board, or ask for the weekly special.
- 02We split and fillFresh bread, opened and filled right in front of you.
- 03Handed over hotWrapped in paper and still crackling when you unwrap it.
Allergies and intolerances
Our food is made fresh to order in a kitchen that handles many different ingredients, including cereals containing gluten, milk, nuts and sesame.
If you have a food allergy or intolerance, please speak to a member of our team before you order. We will give you the allergen information for anything on the counter that day.
Please do not rely on this website. Our recipes, our suppliers and our specials change, and the information our team gives you in the shop is always the current one.
Choose your filling. We take it from there.
The bread is the starting point. Pick from the board, from Roma and Napoli to V-Gan and La Contessa, and we split, fill and wrap your schiacciata after you order.
Not sure what to pick? Tell the team what you like and they will point you to it. Everything on the board is built on the same bread.
There is no wrong choice.
Descriptions are a guide, not a full ingredient list. Please ask our team about allergens before you order.
Baked fresh, filled after you order, handed over hot. 2 Lynedoch Place, Edinburgh West End.
This week's special
There is a special of the week, most weeks. Ask at the counter and our team will tell you what is on.
What it looks like in the hand
Fresh from the counter Filled after you order, wrapped, and handed over hot.
Croccante means crunchy, and the bread is the reason
The name is the bread.
The dough is pressed flat before it goes into the oven, so the crust comes out thin and crackling. Bite in and you hear it before you taste it.
We buy Italian produce and our staff are Italian, and the counter is run the way Samuel ran his first shop back home. If you want to know what friarielli is, or how a schiacciata is meant to be eaten, just ask.
Samuel had already opened a shop like this in Italy. This is the second, and the West End is where it landed.
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Croccante means crunchy, and the bread is the point. 2 Lynedoch Place, Edinburgh West End.
Allergies and intolerances
Please tell our team when you order and we will talk you through it. The information our team gives you in the shop is always the current one.
Read the full allergen noticeThe full menu, including coffee and sweet
Where to eat one
2 Lynedoch Place, Edinburgh EH3 7PX, in the West End near Dean Bridge.
Sit in, or take it away. A wrapped schiacciata travels well, whether you are heading towards Dean Village, into town, or back to your desk.
Every one is made to order, so at the busiest times there can be a short wait. It is a wait that ends in a hot, crisp schiacciata.