Casa Santo Stefano

About the Business

Specialties

Our restaurant specializes in Tampa-style Sicilian cuisine and an extensive Sicilian wine list that reflects the rich history of Ybor City's earliest Italian immigrants. Curbside takeout of the entire menu available by calling our main phone number. Now open: Santo's Drinkeria, a rooftop indoor-outdoor area that features fresh-mixed cocktails, Italian beers and a street food menu. Dress Code: Men are requested to wear shirts with sleeves.

History

Established in 2020.

Housed in a former 1925 Ybor City macaroni factory, Casa Santo Stefano pays fond tribute to the Sicilian food owner Richard Gonzmart ate every Sunday with his best friend Vincent Palori. Those Nana-cooked meals provide the inspiration for the pastas, sauces and seafood we feature here, not just Sicilian, but Tampa Sicilian. The Casa interior design offers a showplace of art and craftsmanship, with custom imported elements around every corner. Casa also pays tribute to the wave of Sicilian immigrants who -- along with the Cubans and Spanish -- helped build Tampa and Ybor City after coming to America looking for a better life. Specifically, 60 percent of the Sicilians in Tampa came from Santo Stefano Quisquina and Alessandria della Rocca. This restaurant tells their history. Begun in friendship, nurtured by family and continued in community, our vision of Casa Santo Stefano offers a look back to Sunday suppers, simpler times and shared stories.