Take a Trip to Italy in Lakewood Ranch

Photo by Kathryn Brass-Piper
Pizza being made. This page: several dishes on the menu
Photo by Kathryn Brass-Piper
Photo by Kathryn Brass-Piper
Photo by Kathryn Brass-Piper
“I take pride in the vintages,” says part-owner Carmine Ussano, who has studied wines extensively. “I like to introduce the customers to wines they are not used to finding in other restaurants.”
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Osteria 500 is the only restaurant in Florida to carry wine from Ussano’s grandfather’s cousin’s winery in Tramonti Village. The vineyard produces wine from an indigenous grape variety only grown on the Amalfi Coast.
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Beautiful interior; owners Carmine Ussano (Sorrento) and Guiseppe Del Sole with Head Chef Salvatore Scaccino