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     The word Trattoria means casual, home style traditional cooking. Our restaurant is a family owned and operated business. Our head chef and owner of Stefano’s Trattoria is Stefano LaCommare. Stefano was raised in a small town in Sicily and was a fisherman most of his life. Working on his father’s fishing boat; his major duty was cooking for the entire crew. The duty became Stefano’s passion for cooking. Stefano moved to America in 1974 and has been a chef ever since. It was in Brooklyn, New York where he met his wife, Marie and soon after two beautiful children Antoniella and Leonardo. Stefano had dreamed of someday owning a restaurant. He worked extremely hard and only to find himself part owner of a pizzeria/restaurant in Queens, NY. He decided to move to Florida and finally open a restaurant of his own.

           In 1994 Stefano’s Trattoria opened. It was a very small restaurant located in Winter Park, Florida, with a typical wait time of over an hour every night. Customers would share their tables with complete strangers to keep the wait time down. The cooking was not the only thing that made people wait. It was also the love and passion that was put forth from Stefano’s family and friends to make his dream come true. The employees became an extended family for Stefano, also known as “Papa Stefano” to others. He would cook two huge meals everyday, in which all employees had to sit together and eat. Working for Papa Stefano was unlike working for any other restaurant-corporation. We all know that most corporations are put together through many investors trying to fill their pockets. Stefano’s little restaurant was put together through his hard work and his family’s dedication to fulfill his dream. Love and passion are two main ingredients to a great meal and that is what many corporations lack. After being opened for four years, Stefano realized that the Trattoria was a bit too small to fully accommodate to large families and parties.

         He decided to name his second restaurant IL Pescatore, the fisherman, since that is where his passion for cooking began. After five years in that location, Stefano and his family soon realized once again that they outgrew yet another restaurant. Wanting to accommodate all families, large and small, Stefano and his family found the perfect restaurant. To keep the memory of his first successful restaurant in Orlando, Stefano decided to name it Stefano’s Trattoria.