Dear Friends,
Happy Valentine’s Day. It is also Spacca Napoli’s 15th Anniversary.
We certainly did not anticipate celebrating under these circumstances. Yet, since we opened our doors in 2006, I am reminded that there has not been a single day that I turned the key in the door and not felt like this is where I want to be.
And while we have a radically altered landscape of what our restaurant can be at this time, we remain grateful to still be open, and challenged to keep experimenting to bring better results and service to you.
If you have been by recently, you will see that our entire, formerly front dining area is now dedicated to our newly acquired, custom designed Swedish triple deck oven. As I dig deeper into studying the art and craft of making bread and focaccia, and coaxing each to work with our new oven, I am refreshed by conversations with my colleagues and master bakers from around the country and Italy such as Noel Brohner, Jon Arena, Giulio Adriani, Mauro Caputo, Michele D’Amelio, Stefano Tulipano and Brian Spangler. Just seeing how things taste from day to day is grounding. The dough is alive and each day brings a new perspective on baking. This devotional, repetitive, daily ritual is sustaining me while I wait, patiently on most days, as I hope you are able to do, until we can join together again to break bread.
Thanks for staying with us,
Jonathan
We welcome those who are picking up orders on Sunday, February 14th, to share a glass of rose with us in celebration.
Auguri!
Naples: From the Studio to the Street
Register now to join Jed Fielding and Ginny Sykes’ artist talk, hosted by Sentieri Italiani.
Sunday, February 21, 2021
4:00–5:00 p.m. Central Standard Time
Presented in English
Photographer Jed Fielding and multi-disciplinary artist Ginny Sykes have each spent many years working in Italy. These good friends will share with you their individual stories and journeys — what inspires them, how Italy has influenced their art and how their art has been transformed by their love for the city of Naples.