Colosseo Italian restaurant to open Thursday in Solana Beach

Colosseo Italian restaurant to open Thursday in Solana Beach

Colosseo Cucina Italiana, a new Rome-inspired Italian restaurant, will open Thursday, Dec. 18, in the former Pizza Nova location in Solana Beach’s Lomas Santa Fe Plaza center. The newly refurbished, 100-seat restaurant is owned by Sicilian chef Roberto Ciacciofera, who also owns R&G Salumeria Wine Bar in Little Italy. “My goal is to have a family place… my house is your house,” Ciacciofera said in a statement. “Colosseo Cucina Italiana is my way…

Colosseo Cucina Italiana Opens in Solana Beach With Authentic Roman-Italian Cuisine

Colosseo Cucina Italiana is opening in Solana Beach, and if you’ve been following Chef Roberto Ciacciofera’s work at R&G Salumeria Wine Bar, you already know he brings legitimacy to Italian cuisine. The Sicilian-born chef has fully transformed the former Pizza Nova building at 945 Lomas Santa Fe Drive into an inviting space designed to offer an elevated Roman dining experience with warm hospitality. The grand opening features tray-passed menu se…