This podcast episode features Chef, restaurant owner and friend, Angelo Brunson of Angelo’s Ristorante. Mark met Angelo during a dinner at his restaurant back in 2004 while Mark was up in Idaho working on a luxury log home on Lake Coeur d’ Alene. Mark and his clients were very impressed with this newly opened, authentic Italian restaurant and of course Mark wanted to meet the chef behind this great food. Over a decade later, Mark continues to take his friends and family to dine at Angelo’s during their trips to Cd’A as the food and staff are still as marvelous as ever.

This year, Mark was in town for a long weekend to visit his daughter Bella during her summer job. They enjoyed a great dinner at Angelo’s and found out he was going to be harvesting and crushing grapes for a small wine label he has the next morning with the famous winemaker Pasquale from Paso Robles, CA! This definitely sounded like something they wanted to check out and decided to join him the next morning and have him as a guest on our podcast!

In this episode Angelo talks about learning to cook, opening his first restaurant in Seattle, what led him to the small resort town of Cd'A, his faith, his family, his restaurant and the wine he makes!

Angelo’s Ristorante has featured an extensive menu of homemade, authentic Italian dishes since it opened in the resort town of Coeur d’ Alene in 2004. The food is prepared from scratch daily, using recipes passed down from generation to generation, with the freshest and local ingredients ensuring his patrons the taste and flavors of Italy in every dish. Listen to the podcast to hear all about how Angelo learned to cook and run a restaurant and his journey navigating the ups and downs of life!

https://www.angelosristorante.net/