{"id":87252,"date":"2025-12-17T22:17:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/87252\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T22:17:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T22:17:04","slug":"fusillo-italian-pasta-bringing-freshly-made-pasta-to-the-edge-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/87252\/","title":{"rendered":"Fusillo Italian Pasta bringing freshly made pasta to the EDGE District"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Additional offerings include Cacio &amp; Pepe, Alfredo, Pesto di Pistacchi, and Nerano.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">While Fusillo hopes to introduce authentic Italian flavors, the partners plan to remain flexible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cIn Italy, you don\u2019t put chicken on pasta,\u201d Casali said. \u201cBut if a guest wants it, we\u2019ll offer it. The goal is to stay authentic while meeting American expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The restaurant will offer a selection of imported Italian reds, whites, and sparkling wines, along with a small mix of beers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Desserts will include classic Italian options such as affogato, which is espresso over ice cream, and Torta della Nonna, which is a classic lemony tart filled with Italian pastry cream and topped with toasted pine nuts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Planned hours are Sunday through Thursday until around 9 p.m., with extended late-night hours on Fridays and Saturdays, potentially staying open as late as 1 or 2 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cWe\u2019ll be here every day,\u201d Casali said. \u201cWe want guests to feel like they\u2019re stepping into a real Italian experience\u2014just on Central Avenue in St. Pete.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Be sure to follow Fussilo Italian Pasta on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fusillopasta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a> for the grand opening announcement and offerings. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Additional offerings include Cacio &amp; Pepe, Alfredo, Pesto di Pistacchi, and Nerano. While Fusillo hopes to introduce authentic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-87252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}