Category: E.V. Originals

Any restaurateur would be thrilled to have a concept remain popular for more than 20 years. Jeff Weninger and Shaun Kelly have two – Dilly’s Deli, which reached that milestone in 2013, and Floridino’s Pizza & Pasta, which celebrates its

When Jim Lolli launched The Hungry Monk in 2010, he obviously wanted to serve good food. Nothing fancy, mind you. Just inexpensive pub fare like burgers and wings. But good pub fare. Lolli also wanted to incorporate his longtime passions for craft beer

It’s rare a small independent restaurant finds itself in the crosshairs of a huge national chain and lives to tell about it. Tott’s Asian Diner has done it twice. In 2006, Pei Wei, the fast-casual offshoot of P.F. Chang’s, opened

A native of upstate New York, Vic Buono didn’t even know there were other styles of pizza. “I never knew there was ‘New York-style pizza’ until I got out to Arizona,” Buono says. “I thought pizza was pizza. I come

Romeo Taus is the first to admit he’s not a trained chef. But the many fans of his Romeo’s Euro Café over the past 20 years probably would be surprised to learn the round-about way he eventually found himself in the