Cafe Mediterano owner Barney Crnalic (left) and friend, Mehmed Tuco, hang the sign at the new location. Credit: Courtesy of Cafe Mediterano

After a temporary closure in early April, Café Mediterano reopened on July 1 in a new location: 60A Pearl Street in the Essex Junction shopping plaza anchored by Big Lots. For 14 years, the casual eatery has served up Greek fare, such as gyros, alongside dishes from owner Barney Crnalic’s Bosnian heritage, such as cevapi beef sausages and borek pastries. The move was planned before the pandemic, which delayed the reopening. Takeout and seating inside and outside are available.

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Melissa Pasanen is a Seven Days staff writer and the food and drink assignment editor. In 2022, she won first place for national food writing from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia and in 2024, she took second. Melissa joined Seven Days full time in 2020, 18 years after the paper published her first (and last, for a very long time) freelance story on church suppers. During the intervening years, she wrote — mostly about food, drink and agriculture — for outlets ranging from the Burlington...