The idea was formidable and a bit far out: a white tablecloth Italian steakhouse with reside music and a view of the JW Marriott Hill Nation Resort & Spa on the town’s far North Aspect.
Lower than eight months after opening, Ravello Italian Delicacies anchors a still-in-development TPC City Plaza, attracts most of its prospects from the neighborhood that surrounds the lodge resort and sells extra seafood than steaks.
“Our signature dish is a pan-seared pesce con burro al limone,” mentioned Miguel Saiz, Ravello’s director of operations. The monk fish entree, sauteed in olive oil, can be a bestseller.
“We’re branded as an Italian steakhouse,” Saiz mentioned. “However we’ve all kinds of seafood — from recent oysters to halibut and salmon to scallops and langostinos. We usher in recent seafood twice every week and fillet them. We’re a scratch kitchen as effectively.”
The brand new restaurant is making ready for Restaurant Weeks, a two-week culinary occasion that begins Saturday, that includes prix fixe menus and discounted costs at quite a lot of native eating spots throughout the town.
Sponsored and arranged by Culinaria, Restaurant Weeks runs from Aug. 9-23 and helps native eateries in the course of the back-to-school lull of summer time.
“We exist to drive income to eating places throughout downtime,” mentioned Suzanne Taranto-Etheridge, Culinaria President and CEO. “Restaurant Weeks provides cooks and eating places an opportunity to showcase their greatest.”
Taranto-Etheredge mentioned not less than 165 institutions have agreed to take part on this upcoming Restaurant Weeks. The occasion’s web site doesn’t but embody all of them, she mentioned, including that many extra are anticipated to hitch the listing.
Collaborating eating places supply three-course meals, beginning at $20 and capped at $55. Drinks usually are not included.
“The vast majority of persons are completely satisfied,” Taranto-Etheredge mentioned, noting some prospects complain about restricted parking at some venues. “What makes me chuckle is the calls we used to get yearly. Folks would name and say, ‘I had a tomato dish at so and so’s Restaurant Week menu. Are you aware what it’s?’ We used to take menus down after Restaurant Weeks. However now we go away them up.”
Ravello’s prix fixe dinner menu options an appetizer alternative of bruschetta or chilled avocado soup and an entree of cacio e pepe with shaved black truffles, veal osso buco with saffron risotto or frutti di mare, a seafood medley with bucatini pasta. The dessert choice is limoncello tiramisu or affogato. Worth: $55.
Throughout Restaurant Weeks, Ravello diners may choose entrees from the common menu.
“Our greatest-selling pasta is the rigatoni piccante,” Saiz mentioned. “The rigatoni and pan seared pesca battle one another for the highest dish bought.”
Husband and spouse homeowners Erick and Dina Martinez are new to the enterprise. They opened Renzo’s Trattoria e Pizzeria on Loop 1604 in September 2023 and Ravello’s, a “brother restaurant,” on TPC Parkway in December.
Brandon Manning serves as govt chef after earlier stints at J-Prime Steakhouse and Tardifs.
Ravello is open for dinner Tuesday by way of Sunday and gives brunch on Sunday at 11 a.m. The restaurant options Comfortable Hour costs from 4-7 p.m. Thursday by way of Sunday and reside music on Friday and Saturday from 6-9 p.m. and in the course of the Sunday brunch from 12:30-3 p.m.
“Service, meals, atmosphere and decor is necessary to us,” Saiz mentioned. “However what’s extra necessary is bringing individuals collectively. Now we have two or three households, largely neighbors, that are available in and sit collectively at one desk as a celebration of 10-12. What makes Ravello totally different is our skill to attach with the neighborhood.”
