🇮🇹 Dolce Vita – an Italian eatery, grocer, and gelato shop on the southeast corner of Higley and Brown in northeast Mesa – has launched an aperitivo Italiano menu available 5-7 p.m. Thursdays.
An aperitivo, sometimes called an apericena, is an Italian tradition where diners enjoy a drink and light meal at the end of the workday but before dinner – similar to Americans’ happy hour.
For $15 per person, you can get one Italian drink (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) accompanied by a board filled with the chef’s choice of light finger foods, including cold cuts, cheeses, olives, and hot items from the kitchen.
“I wanted to bring an aperitivo to Phoenix so people can experience a custom that is so close to an Italian’s heart,” says Dolce Vita owner and chef Fabrizio Cali. “I’ve never seen anything like it in Arizona.’’
