The Cozzolino brothers, a trio of talented Italian chefs, will be making their Scotland debut with Banca di Roma, a new Glasgow restaurant set to open early 2023. Antonio, Pasquale, and Simone, who worked for London-based chef Francesco Mazzei, will transport the traditions and flavours from their three generation Vesuvian family farm to Royal Exchange Square.
Opening in the A-listed former Royal Bank of Scotland building, the restaurant’s menu will be inspired by the brothers’ time growing up on their family tomato farm in the Campania region.
Signature dishes will include La Nostra Foccia Ripena, baked baba stuffed with gorgonzola cheese and nduja sausage; Il Classico Spaghetto a Pomodoro, Vesuvian tomato and basil with fresh homemade spaghetti alongside a show stopping Lingotto, a Banca di Roma gold bar dessert, which pays tribute to the building’s financial history.
The front of house team will be led by general manager Rocco Morabito previously of Novikov on London’s Berkeley Street and his deputy Filomena Visaggi, previously from Hakkasan in Mayfair.