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Sarah Grueneberg On Why the Soul of Spiaggia Will Live On Through Its Staff

Monteverde Restaurant & Pastificio , Chicago, Illinois
Photo: Galdones Photography

Tony Mantuano taught me the most important ingredient is the one you leave off the plate. He wanted to let the ingredients sing, and it’s true. Sometimes if a dish tastes a little muddled and you take something off, it’s so much better. The other thing he told me is that change is the only thing you can count on, and as hard as it is to accept, that might be the truest statement...