Highlights
- Pizzeria Virtù filed a liquor license application with Arizona regulators for a Terminal 4 location at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
- The airport concept will operate as Mercato by Gio, an Italian market format tied to SSP America's eight-concept dining deal at Sky Harbor.
- Chef Gio Osso, whose Virtù Honest Craft earned a James Beard nomination, anchors the Virtù Hospitality group behind the expansion.
- The existing Pizzeria Virtù flagship is at 6952 E. Main Street in Scottsdale.
Pizzeria Virtù is moving into Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, according to a liquor license application filed with the Arizona Department of Liquor, as reported by WhatNow. The planned location is in Terminal 4.
The airport entry will carry a different name: Mercato by Gio, an Italian market concept shaped by southern Italy's culinary traditions. The project is part of a larger agreement in which SSP America announced eight distinctive dining concepts at Sky Harbor.
Chef and restaurateur Gio Osso is the operator behind both Pizzeria Virtù and the airport concept. Osso is known for James Beard-nominated Virtù Honest Craft alongside Pizzeria Virtù, which operates out of 6952 E. Main Street in Scottsdale's Old Town.
No opening timeline has been disclosed in public records.
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- whatnow.com retrieved 05/11/2026 05:47
- traveldailynews.com retrieved 05/11/2026 05:47
- virtuscottsdale.com retrieved 05/11/2026 05:47
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