Take a visual tour of Mercato Metropolitano, the new Italian deli-cum-slow food market-cum-indoor and outdoor eaterie.

Housed in a former factory just around the corner from London’s Elephant & Castle, this is what destination retailing and place-making are all about.

John Ryan talks to Mercato founder and guiding light Andrea Rasca and takes a walk around the Mercato in the company of his ever-hungry Westie, Angus.