Rocco’s Italian Grille is a passionate Italian restaurant in lovely Winter season Park, located across from The Glass Knife, and just a 10-minute generate from Downtown Orlando. Rocco’s proudly provides an genuine Italian cuisine organized by their professional indigenous chefs.
Proprietor Rocco Potami was born and lifted in Italy and he has generally been passionate about cooking. His cafe presents recreated recipes of his homeland which he has used decades studying, establishing, and perfecting. Rocco’s works by using only the freshest meats, imported pastas, and sauces produced from scratch to serve a wide assortment of dishes from each of Italy’s regions.
Rocco has 41 many years of encounter cooking in Central Florida. In 1982, the opening of Disney’s Epcot termed him down from Montreal to work at the Italy pavilion.
Rocco’s menu is composed of a wide variety of appetizer, pasta, seafood and meat dishes that recreate previous favorites and convey out new flavors. Pick a person of their wines from the wine list, in which you will locate wines ranging from Aglianico to Zinfandel. They give an enough assortment of Italian wines, alongside with wonderful Californians and other folks. Sip on an Amarone, Barolo or Caymus, you will uncover just the proper one for your food.
Right here are some well-liked menu offerings at Rocco’s Italian Grille:
Bruschetta – Goat Cheese, Ricotta Cheese, Smoked Salmon
Caprese – Buffalo Mozzarella, Tomato
Cesar Classico
Parpadelle Pasta – Pesto, Scallops
Ravioli – Lobster Vodka Sauce
Veal – Parmigiana Style + Beef Tortellini
Pesce – Swordfish Grilled, Cherry Tomato + Caprese, Basil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Chocolate Mousse
Lemon Tart “Torta Della Nonna”
Chef’s Corner with Proprietor Rocco Potami
What are some of the most well known dishes ideal now at Rocco’s?
Daily specials of handmade Ravioli, Veal and Fish dishes, Pappardelle alle Cinque Terre – Pappardelle (huge flat noodle-like pasta) with shrimp, scallops and lobster, braised in a white wine tomato basil cream sauce, topped with shaved Parmigiano Reggiano cheese and basil.
See Rocco make this dish on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/observe?v=5fOkcvh7L6s
What are some of your future plans for 2023?
To perform with new and new components, domestically-grown.
For these who have in no way been in advance of, what would you say to describe Rocco’s to them?
It is like walking into a cafe straight out of Italy with a peaceful ambiance in an aged-globe location. Everybody is greeted at the door. I consider pleasure in offering an reliable Italian dining encounter with authentic Italian dishes developed by my group and I, cooked fresh new day-to-day and served by a educated and expert workers.
What are some of your most loved lessons learned all over your occupation in the foodstuff and beverage sector?
Never take achievement for granted and generally try to meet up with people’s requirements whenever attainable.
What tends to make Wintertime Park a distinctive put for you as a chef/operator?
Numerous of the clientele from Winter season Park and close by enjoy to vacation and expertise cuisine from close to the planet so it is pleasurable to provide reliable meals that they will love and figure out.
What encouraged you to go into the food world?
I adore to travel and try to eat! This field enables me to do both of those and it also provides me a way to categorical my creative imagination by way of the foodstuff I produce at my restaurant.
What are your favourite ingredients for Spring 2023?
There are so many! Stone Crab is a beloved as perfectly as anything that is refreshing and can be found domestically!
Rocco’s Italian Grille
400 Orlando Ave, Winter season Park, FL 32789
(407) 644-7770
roccositaliangrille.com
