This will be the third year that the husband-and-wife team who run the restaurant will be participating in the South Beach Wine and Food Festival; however, this is also a year of firsts for them. It’ll be the first year they’ll be hosting the event inside their own restaurant space and the first time a restaurant in Key Biscayne will be featured. Marc Randazzo, the ex-boxer-turnedchef, and his beautiful wife, Yesenia, emphasize multiple times, what an honor it is to be chosen. “We take it very seriously. We want to use it as a platform to
Randazzo’s homemade meatball
showcase our restaurant and do our best.” In addition to this exciting year of firsts, the Randazzos will be partnering with world-famous, James Beard chef, Rocco DiSpirito for their 2018 SOBEWFF menu, which features a bevy of tongue-tantalizing favorites, including mahi mahi aqua pazza
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We take [SOBEWFF] very seriously. We want to... showcase our restaurant and do our best.
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with linguinette and fruitti di mare, calamari alla Vittoria, arancini with mozzarella di bufala and of course, Randazzo’s mini meatballs—a ho-
THE RANDAZZOS met at the restaurant they now own together, when it was located in Coral Gables and solely owned by Marc.
merun dish adored by Randazzo’s loyal frequenters, which will soon be distributed nationally from Chicago, in conjuction with Greco & Son—the largest Italian food distributor in the country.
Despite the restaurant’s growing momentum and popularity, Marc sticks to his roots. “What I do is I take my grandmother’s peasant recipes and I keep those traditions, but I use epicurean ingredients. So I get her passion mixed with the ingredients I love. I’ve found a lot of success in that fusion.” And we can attest to that. With each bite, we can taste Italy, we can taste the US. But the tastiest thing about each dish that they don’t tell you about on the menu? The hefty serving of
Photo credit: Romain Maurice
love and soul.
Check out Randazzo’s Seafood and Italian Classics Restaurant at 328 Crandon Blvd in Key Biscayne, and be sure to buy tickets to their SOBEWFF dinner on Saturday, February 24th at 7pm, from the SOBEWFF website. Ex-boxer-turned-chef Marc Randazzo serves up a signature pasta dish
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