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Executive Chef Josh Zeman

scallops with Kabocha squash gnocchi

Executive Chef Josh Zeman shows us how to make scallops with Kabocha squash gnocchi

January 23, 2024

Wine Spectator Mag

9 Seafood Restaurants to Catch Great Wine

Set your course for these spots to sample the finest from the sea and cellar

July 20, 2023

Gulfshore Life

Barbatella Named One Of Naples Top Bars By Gulfshore Life Magazine

With sultry cocktail clubs, laidback breweries and waterfront haunts, Naples and nearby Marco Island offer plenty of ways to imbibe.

May 19, 2022

Gulfshore Life

Oh, The Lengths They Go

Local chefs go the extra mile, wrestling with ambiguities, to lighten their footprint and impact on Mother Earth.

April 23, 2021

Gulfshore Life

Where The Wild Things Dine

These restaurants check all the boxes: dedicated kids’ menus, entertainment, great food for grown-ups, outdoor seating and other nods that appeal to little ones.

April 21, 2021

WINK News

Community member thanks Naples Fire Department’s vaccine efforts with pizza meal

A meal donation to City of Naples Fire Department was a small act of kindness that meant a lot to the firefighters on the receiving end.

March 2, 2021

Gulfshore Life

From Wine Festival Chef to Dynasty Restaurateur

Fabrizio Aielli and his wife Ingrid have raised the standard of wining and dining in Naples since their culinary debut during the Naples Winter Wine Festival.

January 20, 2021

Naples Illustrated

Grappino Named Best New Restaurant 2021

Naples Illustrated listed Grappino as their Best New Restaurant in their January 2021 Issue.

January 5, 2021

Naples Daily News

Culinary & Hospitality Foundation Scholarships Featuring Chef Jason

The Culinary & Hospitality Education Foundation of Southwest Florida will distribute $42,000 in scholarships to Collier and Lee county students who intend to pursue careers and education in hospitality or culinary arts.

October 1, 2020

Florida Weekly

NCEF partners with Sea Salt and The Wine Store for a new virtual dining series, “Purposeful Pairings.”

The Naples Children & Education Foundation, founders of the Naples Winter Wine Festival, joins with Sea Salt and The Wine Store for a new virtual dining series, “Purposeful Pairings,” at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25.

September 30, 2020

Gulfshore Life

Buzzy Debuts: Grappino, Chops and the Roots of Society

With the opening of Grappino, a grappa-themed restaurant and bar (stocking more than 80 kinds of the Italian spirit), Fabrizio Aielli has officially created a formidable dining empire.

August 30, 2020

ParadiseCoast.com

Grappino Profile ParadiseCoast.Com

Grappino is the fourth local restaurant for the Aielli Group, following the success of Sea Salt, Barbatella and Dorona.

August 30, 2020

Naples Daily News

Naples Restaurants: Grappino Regional Italian Cuisine Grows Aielli Empire

Fabrizio Aielli is chef and owner to three of Naples’ most prominent restaurants: Sea Salt, Dorona and Barbatella.Last week, he welcomed a fourth into the fold, Grappino, with a menu focused on Italian comfort foods.

March 20, 2020

A Happy Hour That Will Make You Very Happy At Grappino In Naples

Grappino is a restaurant in Naples featuring Italian cuisine.It is the newest venture of the Aielli Group who have distinguished themselves in both Naples and St. Petersburg with their mastery of Italian fare. Grappino diverges from their other endea

March 2, 2020

Florida Weekly

Grappino Replacing Timeless Restaurant In Naples

The owners of Sea Salt, Barbatella and Dorona are launching Grappino, their fourth Naples restaurant.

February 5, 2020

Naples Illustrated

The Lost Wine of Dorona

It all started when Gianluca Bisol, a Prosecco producer, saw four grapevines on an island in the Venetian lagoon and discovered they were a forgotten and near-extinct variety called Dorona.

August 27, 2019

Gulfshore Life

NAPLESNEXT LIVED UP TO ITS ‘BIG THINKING, BIG FUN’ MOTTO—ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CAME TO FOOD

The inaugural ideas festival partnered with the James Beard Foundation and a team of national and local chefs to spotlight sustainability—and throw one heck of a party.

March 22, 2019

News-Press

Aielli Group Honored by JLB

The Aielli Group is honored that all three of our restaurants (Barbatella, Sea Salt and Dorona) have been named among the Top 25 restaurants in Naples by food critic JLB from the Naples Daily News.

February 27, 2019

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