We had the good fortune of connecting with Simone Vezzali and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Simone, what was your thought process behind starting your own business?
My business partner Giacomo and I grew up together in Italy and moved to California in 2007. We’ve always been passionate about the Restaurant business.
During our formative years, we covered literally every position of the front of the house all the way up to management. Our experiences during the years strengthened in us the idea of creating a place where the care for our customers would go hand to hand with the experience of the authentic taste of our beloved Emilia-Romagna.
Homemade, fresh authenticity is what we stand for. Happiness and professionality are what we strive to provide to our customers through our service team.
We strongly believe that good value and quality always pays off.

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
Our business, as much as all businesses in all probability, required and still requires sacrifices, very hard work and involves risks. We decided to start small and grow it through a step-by-step kind of process. In our experiences, it would have been the best way to keep focus on what’s important and avoid as much as we could mistakes brought by biting off more than we could chew. Hard work, transparency, professionality, authenticity and quality are our absolute totems.

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
Obviously we would take them to 2051 Cucina Italiana!

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Well alongside with my friend and partner Giacomo Giovanetti, we would like to thank our parents that always supported us throughout the years. Our brothers and sisters and our good friends.

Website: www.2051cucinaitaliana.com

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Facebook: 2051 Cucina Italiana

Yelp: 2051 Cucina Italiana

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