Small Business Spotlight: Roma Italian Kitchen

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Located successful the buying halfway disconnected of Shepherd and Chestnut, you'll find Roma Italian Kitchen, wherever accelerated casual meets precocious quality.

Owner Andrew Dinuzzo whitethorn person archetypal opened his concern successful 2019 arsenic a nutrient truck, but he's been good tuning his trade since childhood.

His grandparents started the beloved Mike's Pizzeria connected West and Shields successful 1962 aft moving from Italy.

"I was calved and raised there," Dinuzzo said. "My dada taught maine a batch -- fundamentally everything I cognize is self-taught, household taught. It's a precise akin paper -- I person my twist and antithetic takes connected things and what not."

Seasonal dishes and specials alteration monthly.

"Eggplant parm volition travel and spell connected a special," Dinuzzo said. "Right now, we bash homemade gnocchi, we bash butternut squash, raviolis, homemade clam chowder."

Menu staples see the San Francisco Square, topped with basil and enzo chili oil.

"Everything we bash present is made in-house, truthful I archer radical each the clip to task and question the menu," Dinuzzo said.

We did conscionable that, starting with the RCBA, oregon Rigatoni Chicken Bacon Alfredo.

"It's been the number-one seller for the past 5 years, and past down that is the spicy carbonara," Dinuzzo said. "It's our twist connected a carbinara."

The restaurant's namesake, 9 year-old Roma told maine it's her favorite.

"Like dada did erstwhile helium was her age, Roma is learning the ins and outs of the household business," Dinuzzo said.

Since opening successful June, Andrew says the brick-and-mortar edifice has been good received.

For quality updates, travel Vanessa Vasconcelos connected Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.