How to (Re)Open Restaurants During a Pandemic According to Francesco Panella

Francesco Panella deeply loves his work – an element ever-present for him even as a child, in the kitchen of his family’s Trastevere restaurant in Rome Antica Pesa dal 1922. Panella’s job represents an endless passion, an emotion he loves to channel through his restaurants. A famous TV personality in Italy for the show Little […]
Being A Restaurateur

“OUR JOB? WE MAKE PEOPLE FORGET ABOUT PROBLEMS AND MAKE THEM FEEL WHAT THEY REALLY ARE: SPECIAL.” A MESSAGE OF LOVE BY RESTAURATEUR FRANCESCO PANELLA. See More
Francesco Panella: The Next Generation Holds the Future of Hospitality

Francesco Panella creates the “Hospitality for The Future by John Cabot University & Antica Pesa” challenge. To look beyond, think of the future, and leave the beaten path — the actions of those who don’t let difficulties prevent them from setting the bar higher and higher both for others just as much as themselves. If […]
Inside Madonna’s 61st birthday party

The “Vogue” singer’s group enjoyed an extensive menu that included platters of cacio e pepe, tuna tartare, pizza and more from Panella’s Antica Pesa and Feroce restaurants. See more
From Rome to New York: Round Trip

How Francesco Panella, along with his brothers Simone and Lorenzo, exported Roman cuisine from the Italian capital’s historic Antica Pesa restaurant to the Big Apple
How to Succeed with Traditional Roman Cuisine in New York: Antica Pesa

How Francesco Panella, along with his brothers Simone and Lorenzo, exported Roman cuisine from the Italian capital’s historic Antica Pesa restaurant to the Big Apple. See more
Celebs Love Posing With Antica Pesa’s Francesco Panella

Slideshow of celebrities at Antica Pesa with Francesco Panella See more
Sightings

Sienna Miller and Tom Sturridge at Antica Pesa in Rome greeting owner Francesco Panella See more
Charlize Theron Celebrates Her Birthday in Rome

The Academy Award winner, who turns 38 on Aug. 7, dined al fresco on the patio of Antica Pesa with pals including the restaurant’s owner, Francesco Panella, who opened the celebrity hot spot (which is normally closed on Sundays) especially for the birthday girl. See more
Good Day New York Interview

Antica Pesa and Francesco Panella to be featured in Fox 5’s “Good Day New York” in a “Good Day Café” segment which touted both the Brooklyn and Rome locations.