Cafe Italia

Established in 2015. A Taste of Italy in Every Bite! Chef Romano uses authentic Italian ingredients in every dish he serves. They are prepared as if you were eating at a restaurant in Italy. If you want the taste of authentic Italian food no need to go to Italy. Just come to Café Italia. Mangiamo! As a culinary trained chef from Naples, Italy Mike... Romano has been cooking traditional Italian dishes throughout Italy and Europe. Immigrating to America, chef Romano has opened up his newly renovated Italian Restaurant located in South Fort Myers. Chef Mike Romano developed a passion for cooking at an early age. He loved to be in his grandmother's kitchen when he was a boy. He fondly remembers when she was cooking her homemade sauces with fragrant aromas filling the entire home. Mike would wake up around 6 or 7am while the slow cooking tomato sauce was temporarily left unattended on the stove. He would then sneak a piece of bread to dip into the sauce while his grandmother was not looking. Caught a few times, he remembers he would get his hand slapped. The memories of those days still lives with him. Chef Romano says nobody has ever cooked like his grandmother and that passion she had for cooking is what Romano puts in every dish he prepares at Cafe Italia.Read More