Proprietors

Good day!

When my wife Bridget and I first envisioned Paesano, terms like “mission statement” weren’t so popular, but we had a dream. So, back in 1984, we followed our “heart’s desire” and opened our restaurant. It was to be an Italian restaurant that served unique heart healthy, Italian foods using locally grown products. The foods and theme would be rustic, homey, Italian grandmother comfort fare that would change with the best offerings of the season.

It would be family friendly and wine friendly. We would get the community involved through Italian language classes, cooking and wine education classes, weekly wine tastings, Italian wine-maker dinners and special events. We even dreamed of annual customer appreciation trips to Italy, exploring authentic foods and wines, region by region.

The many wonderful people we have worked with the past 22 years have helped us along this journey but we still sought out that guide, that driver, that unique special someone who shared our vision. In our search for this special someone, we kept hearing about “this girl”. Everyone we spoke with said we should check out “this girl”. Finally, we found “this girl”, Isabella Nicoletti.

After meeting Isabella, we discovered she was in search of a restaurant where she could fulfill her longing to create her authentic, unique, rustic foods inspired by her life in the Veneto region of Italy. The match was made and we surrendered the kitchen to her, and “this girl” has become “our girl”. This dream has become our dream. Each and every part of our mission has become reality and we owe so much of it to “this girl”! We recently brought out a cookbook, “Perbacco Isabella” to celebrate Isabella’s favorite seasonal dishes.

Michael Roddy
& Bridget Roddy