Whom You Know: Tasty Tidbits: San Pietro

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Tasty Tidbits: San Pietro

Mamma Artemisia, Antonio, Giuseppe and Gerardo Bruno
Look how cute! Cosimo must not have been there yet

Having experienced the exceptional cooking of their mother while growing up in Salerno, the Bruno Family came to America with the hope of continuing the tradition of preparing outstanding southern Italian food.

The Bruno family history can be tracked back 600 years to Avellino, in Campania. They were wealthy landowners and noblemen. Fortunes declined through the centuries, and by the time the Bruno brothers - Antonio, Gerardo, Giuseppe and Cosimo - were born in Salerno in the 1950s and 60s, their parents were struggling to manage a farm by day and work at the restaurants by night.

The Brunos are a modern-day, immigrant success story. Looking to improve their fortune, the family came to America in 1976. Oooh a very good year you know who was born then. Mamma Bruno always said that her children were the biggest part of her heart and a "lifetime sacrifice." When she and Papa Gaetano felt that their young sons were secure, they returned to Salerno.

The four brothers worked tirelessly to learn the restaurant business while maintaining the dream of one day opening a restaurant in New York City. In 1984, the family opened Sistina on Second Avenue and 81st street, now managed by Giuseppe Bruno. The wisdom, drive and work ethnic inherited from their parents served the brothers well. Not long after, San Pietro opened on East 54th Street. Led by President Gerardo Bruno and Chef Antonio Bruno, it has since become one of the most well known and highly regarded restaurants in New York City. And their newest edition is called Caravaggio opened in 2009 at 23 East 74th Street, operated by Cosimo Bruno.

From the beginning, the Bruno brothers had a mission: to educate the American public about the authentic foods and wines of Campania. Nurtured by the age-old Salerno School tradition, they believed that food not only nourished the body but the soul.
We loved Sistina
We loved Caravaggio
We can't wait to tell you now about San Pietro!
We will be sad when it is over because after that there are no more Bruno brothers!

http://sanpietro.zxq.net/

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