Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to the Next Generation and Episode 2363 of the Italian Wine Podcast. Today, McKenna Cassidy interviews Jonathan Capitanini, president and Head Dishwasher of Italian Village Restaurant.  More about today’s guest:  Italian Village Restaurants is a restaurant complex and 4th generation family business located in Chicago, IL. Founded in 1927 by Italian immigrant Alfredo Capitanini, it includes 4 different concepts including The Village, a local institution and the oldest Italian restaurant in the city. Now led by the brother/sister team of Jonathan and Giovanna Capitanini, the group continues to reinvent Italian-American tradition with the opening of Sotto & Bar Sotto. These new concepts write the next chapter of Italian Village connecting the restaurants to new generation of guests. In addition to a vast selection of Italian and Italian-inspired fare, the group has longstanding relationships with many Italian wine producers and maintains a legendary wine list of over 1,500 labels.  Connect:  Web-site