{"id":386611,"date":"2026-07-05T02:58:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T02:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/386611\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T02:58:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T02:58:40","slug":"andiamo-in-clovis-has-a-new-owner-from-the-dicicco-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/386611\/","title":{"rendered":"Andiamo in Clovis has a new owner from the DiCicco family"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Owner<\/p>\n

Owner Pat DiCicco shows off some dishes at Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, located along Shaw Avenue just east of Clovis Avenue Monday, June 29, 2026 in Clovis.<\/p>\n

ERIC PAUL ZAMORA<\/p>\n

ezamora@fresnobee.com<\/p>\n

Inside Look is a Fresno Bee series<\/a> where we take readers behind the scenes at restaurants, new businesses, local landmarks and news stories.<\/p>\n

Longtime Clovis restaurant Andiamo Ristorane Italiano<\/a> in Clovis has a new owner with a familiar name.<\/p>\n

Pasquale \u201cPat\u201d DiCicco bought the restaurant on Shaw Avenue, across from Sierra Vista Mall.<\/p>\n

Yes, he\u2019s related to those DiCiccos, the ones behind all the DiCicco\u2019s Italian Restaurants in town.<\/p>\n

He bought Andiamo last year and has been running it since November.<\/p>\n

The former owners, Jennifer and Carlo Paolilli, who are also related to the DiCicco family by marriage, retired and moved to Italy.<\/p>\n

Andiamo Ristorane Italiano \"Umbrellas Umbrellas for outdoor seating are seen at Pat DiCicco\u2019s new Andiamo Ristorane Italiano, located along Shaw Avenue just east of Clovis Avenue Monday, June 29, 2026 in Clovis. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com <\/p>\n

Andiamo, which means \u201cLet\u2019s go,\u201d in Italian has been operating under that name since 2005, when the owners sold their multiple Bay Area restaurants and moved here to run it, according to Bee archives.<\/p>\n

Before that, it was known as Vitucci\u2019s Italian Restaurant and also run by part of the DiCicco family.<\/p>\n

Andiamo is popular for its veal dishes, and its \u201cscarpata\u201d pasta tossed in a pink cream sauce with sausage, prosciutto and pepperonici.<\/p>\n

And there\u2019s the accordion player who\u2019s a semi-regular on Friday nights: \u201dIf he shows up, he shows up,\u201d said DiCicco. \u201cHe\u2019s retired.\u201d<\/p>\n

And though Andiamo is owned by a DiCicco, it\u2019s technically not part of DiCicco\u2019s, the restaurants.<\/p>\n

The DiCicco\u2019s restaurants are not all owned by one company. Instead, they are owned by different members of the family, some of them owning several locations.<\/p>\n

That family tree is responsible for a lot of restaurants in the area<\/a>, with branches stretching out to include the people behind Five<\/a> and Ovidio Ristorante Italiano<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But Andiamo will stay Andiamo.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goal was not to come in and convert it to a DiCicco\u2019s or anything,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

DiCicco didn\u2019t originally intend to buy Andiamo.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s owned restaurants before, including the former DiCicco\u2019s at Cedar and Shields avenues and the location in Old Town Clovis.<\/p>\n

His father, Nick, was one of the \u201cFour Sons of Italy,\u201d brothers who founded DiCicco\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Pat DiCicco also opened Lido Restaurant, a contemporary Italian restaurant that operated from 1984 to 1994, first at Shaw and Marks avenues and later Shaw and Van Ness Boulevard.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did it because I wanted to prove to family I could be successful without using my name,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He went to culinary school, and could do all the cooking, but decided to leave that behind and go into food manufacturing, selling food products.<\/p>\n

He did some real estate on the side.<\/p>\n

He ended up selling the Andiamo business, giving tours to potential buyers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a lot of people very interested in the rest,\u201d he said. \u201cWe were almost close three different times.\u201d<\/p>\n

But each time, it didn\u2019t work out, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people want to own restaurants, it\u2019s a fantasy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But having the knowledge and experience to run a restaurant is hard to come by. Finally, it hit him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018I\u2019m the one who should be buying this restaurant. I know exactly how to run it,\u2019\u201d DiCicco said. \u201cSo we ended up working out a deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

He doesn\u2019t plan on changing much.<\/p>\n

He wants to add a Lido dish involving a tomato cream sauce with peas and prosciutto over penne or fettucini.<\/p>\n

And he\u2019s promoting more specialty dinners, such as five-course meals with cigar and whiskey tastings.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goal is to keep everything the same and do a better job,\u201d he said. \u201cI bought it because they already did a nice job.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Owner Owner Pat DiCicco introduces us to Andiamo Ristorane Italiano, the latest property in the DiCicco family, located along Shaw Avenue just east of Clovis Avenue Monday, June 29, 2026 in Clovis. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com \"Pat Pat DiCicco holds the fusilli with fresh mozzarella, basil and tomato at Andiamo Ristorane Italiano, the latest property in the DiCicco family, located along Shaw Avenue just east of Clovis Avenue Monday, June 29, 2026 in Clovis. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com \"Dining Dining tables seen at Pat DiCicco’s Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, the latest property in the DiCicco family, located along Shaw Avenue just east of Clovis Avenue Monday, June 29, 2026 in Clovis. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com \"The The Grilled Chicken Salad is seen at Pat DiCicco’s Andiamo Ristorane Italiano, the latest property in the DiCicco family, located along Shaw Avenue just east of Clovis Avenue Monday, June 29, 2026 in Clovis. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com \"The The outdoor patio where customers can relax at Andiamo Ristorane Italiano, located along Shaw Avenue just east of Clovis Avenue. Photographed Monday, June 29, 2026 in Clovis. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com \"Food Food is ready to serve at owner Pat DiCicco’s Andiamo Ristorane Italiano, located along Shaw Avenue just east of Clovis Avenue Monday, June 29, 2026 in Clovis. ERIC PAUL ZAMORA ezamora@fresnobee.com
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Bethany Clough covers restaurants and retail for The Fresno Bee. A reporter for more than 20 years, she now works to answer readers\u2019 questions about business openings, closings and other business news. She has a degree in journalism from Syracuse University and her last name is pronounced Cluff.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Owner Pat DiCicco shows off some dishes at Andiamo Ristorante Italiano, located along Shaw Avenue just east of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-386611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}