New Pinco Deli sandwich shop opens at closed Paddy Barry’s Adelaide CBD site

A new sandwich shop has opened at the site where, just two months earlier, the owner of Paddy Barry’s said the business would close.

A popular sandwich shop has opened its doors at a new location after CBD cafe Paddy Barry’s at the same site shut earlier this year.

The newest Pinco Deli site on Gilles St has served its first customers their gourmet sandwiches after it opened on Monday at 7.30am.

Pinco Deli’s inaugural location opened at Glen Osmond Rd in Eastwood in September 2022.

Pinco Deli owner Saba Maghsoudi said he was excited to expand with a location in the city. Picture: Tom Huntley

Jamila Mahmodi at new cafe Pinco Deli. Picture: Tom Huntley

It comes after Jimmy Barry, the owner-operator of specialty coffee roaster and city cafe Paddy Barry’s, announced in May he was shutting its doors.

Pinco Deli owner Saba Maghsoudi said he used to visit Paddy Barry’s “all the time” and he was excited to expand with a location in the city.

“I’m hoping people will embrace it,” Mr Maghsoudi said.

“This street is beautiful.”

The former owner of Paddy Barry’s, Mr Barry, will “be on the coffee machine doing his usual thing” for at least a month,” Mr Maghsoudi said.

The new Pinco Deli site will offer a “special chicken sandwich” not available at the Eastwood location.

Pinco Deli’s location on Glen Osmond Rd.

In May, Mr Barry, 30, told The Advertiser the intense demands of the business, where he would work up to 70 hours a week, and a desire to spend more time with his family were the reasons behind his decision to close.

“I could see the ceiling was high for the business but the time and energy it takes to get to that point, I couldn’t justify it,” Mr Barry said at the time.

“I thought there’s something else out there that might better suit me.”