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Piccolino Ristorante

Restaurants, Italian near Irvine, CA | Last updated: Mar 15, 2024

Avg 4.3* in total 1006 reviews.

Claimed  -  $$$ -  Italian, Pizza, Wine Bars

Phone: (949) 380-7261

About the Business

Specialties

Piccolino Ristorante serves regional Italian cuisine including artisan made pasta, fresh wild caught fish and the finest meats and poultry available on the market daily. Vintage décor, white table cloths, and candlelit tables provide a romantic dining experience.

History

Established in 2011.

The Piccolino Story Destiny at times plays a big part in people's lives, Sal's destiny was to be in the restaurant business in California from a very young age. Born in Chicago in the late 60's from Sicilian immigrants and raised in the family restaurants his parents owned. Sal's father left Sicily and his families restaurants to migrate to America with his wife Caterina and immediately opened up Congresso Restaurant still open in Chicago. They later opened Victors Pizza and La Cantina Ristorante Italiano. As Sal was growing up mom and dad had made up their mind that Chicago was a cold place to live and winters were long and hard to adapt coming from the warm island of Sicily. In 1978 they had informed little Sal they were moving back to the home land. It was then than little Sal (12 at the time) decided he was running away from home and heading to California. The only problem was he decided to take advice (fortunately) from his troop leader in the boy scouts and Mr. Barney decided t

Meet the Business Owner

Business owner information

Salvatore F.

Business Owner

The Piccolino StoryDestiny at times plays a big part in people's lives, Sal's destiny was to be in the restaurant business in California from a very young age. Born in Chicago in the late 60's from Sicilian immigrants and raised in the family restaurants his parents owned.Sal's father left Sicily and his families restaurants to migrate to America with his wife Caterina and immediately opened up Congresso Restaurant still open in Chicago. They later opened Victors Pizza and La Cantina Ristorante Italiano.As Sal was growing up mom and dad had made up their mind that Chicago was a cold place to live and winters were long and hard to adapt coming from the warm island of Sicily. In 1978 they had informed little Sal they were moving back to the home land. It was then than little Sal (12 at the time) decided he was running away from home and heading to California. The only problem was he decided to take advice (fortunately) from his troop leader in the boy scouts and Mr. Barney decided t

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28719 Los Alisos Blvd, Mission Viejo, CA 92692

Hours:
Mon 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM Open now
Tue 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM  
Wed 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM  
Thu 4:00 PM - 9:00 PM  
Fri 4:00 PM - 9:30 PM  
Sat 11:45 AM - 9:30 PM  
Sun 11:45 AM - 8:30 PM  


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