With its homestyle Italian feel, fresh ingredients and a list of wines that would impress any wine connoisseur, Beppe and Gianni’s Trattoria is the ideal restaurant to take your special someone for a fancy night out.
Beppe and Gianni’s uses fresh and local ingredients daily to make sure that the restaurant is consistently at its highest standards. Even its seafood comes in fresh every day from Newman’s Fish Market.
Chef Brett Adamo has been cooking for Beppe and Gianni’s since it first opened its doors in 1998. According to Adamo, one of the many great things about Beppe and Gianni’s is that everyone from all parts of the community is frequent customers to the restaurant.
“We get a lot of people throughout Eugene coming to our restaurant on a regular basis,” Adamo said. “People from the university — both students and faculty — come in here often, too. And also people from the neighboring communities in Fremont and Hendricks park.”
Located on 19th Avenue and Agate Street, Beppe and Gianni’s is close enough to the university for students to get to, and its prices are low enough that they don’t cause too much damage to a student’s wallet.
“Our handmade stuffed pasta, ravioli and fresh seafood are some of our more popular dishes,” Adamo said. “The capelli di vescovo is also a really popular order.”
The capelli di vescovo is a “fresh handmade pasta stuffed with swiss chard, prosciutto, ricotta and parmesan cheese in a brown-butter sage sauce,” according to the restaurant’s menu.
The prosciutto and ricotta serve as fantastic complements to the plate’s sauce.
“I really like Italian food and theirs is fantastic,” junior business Michelle Virgin said. “They have a really nice atmosphere there too, and it’s just a great place to go to for a date or even with your family.”
Beppe and Gianni’s is only open from 5-9 p.m. during the weekday and 5-10 p.m. on the weekends. The restaurant gets crowded quickly and they only accept reservations for parties of eight or more. If you arrive at Beppe and Gianni’s and there’s a wait for a table, be sure to sample their wines at the bar. You can also order an appetizer from the bar while waiting.