Cafe Gia Ristorante

It was the desire to share our Sicilian heritage and Sicilian cuisine that prompted the family to buy an older neighborhood diner and create a new, warm, comfortable family ristoranté in Little Italy, “Café Gia Ristoranté.” We strived very hard to recreate a Sicilian bistro, a place where one feels like they are in Sicily while dining. The family life always revolved around the dinner table. It was there that a great appreciation of simple Sicilian cuisine became rooted in them. Their house was always open to many friends and family. On Sundays and Holidays, Nonna Rosa, would cook up a feast. They all just sat together, enjoyed each other and talked and laughed while they were “feeding their faces.” Giovanna married Albert Blattermann, a neighborhood “boy” and because they wanted to instill an ethnic life style in their children, they stayed and raised them in Little Italy. Our family is the only family with 4 generations still living in Little Italy. It was the desire to share our Sicilian heritage and Sicilian cuisine that prompted the family to buy an older neighborhood diner and create a new, warm, comfortable family ristoranté in Little Italy, “Café Gia Ristoranté.” We strived very hard to recreate a Sicilian bistro, a place where one feels like they are in Sicily while dining.