{"id":66023,"date":"2025-11-26T14:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/66023\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T14:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:28:09","slug":"ciccio-bomba-now-open-at-fareground-in-downtown-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/66023\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciccio Bomba now open at Fareground in downtown Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCo-owned by chef Gianbattista \u201cGianba\u201d Vinzoni and actor and comedian Tom Segura, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faregroundaustin.com\/cicciobomba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ciccio Bomba<\/a> is now serving Italian baked goods at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faregroundaustin.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fareground<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The details<\/p>\n<p>The Italian bakery has become part of Fareground\u2019s culinary scene with eateries including <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/south-central-austin\/dining\/2024\/08\/22\/desnudo-coffee-launches-second-location-in-downtown-austin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Desnudo<\/a>, Four Brothers, <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/south-central-austin\/business\/2025\/03\/31\/downtown-austin-lunch-spot-golden-boy-now-open-at-fareground-austin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Boy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/south-central-austin\/business\/2025\/03\/31\/jabs-burgers-and-fries-serving-angus-beef-burgers-at-fareground-austin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JABS Burgers &amp; Fries<\/a>, R\u00f4tisserie and Shawarma Point.<\/p>\n<p>The new space highlights Italian culture through traditional pastries with handcrafted cornetti, focaccia, artisan breads, seasonal pastries, savory options and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCiccio Bomba is a celebration of the flavors I grew up with\u2014simple, beautiful, handcrafted Italian baking made with pride and patience,\u201d Vinzoni said. \u201cFareground felt like the perfect home to share this tradition with Austin, a community that truly values quality, creativity and authenticity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Chef Gianbattista \u201cGianba\u201d Vinzoni co-owns the space with a varied background in the culinary scene. (Courtesy Fareground)\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2025\/11\/25\/397722.jpg\" class=\"include_body\" onerror=\"this.src=\" width=\"1200\"\/>Chef Gianbattista \u201cGianba\u201d Vinzoni (left) co-owns the space with a varied background in the culinary scene. (Courtesy Fareground)On the menu<\/p>\n<p>Customers can find selections from classic pastries, cornetti semplici, and savory and specialty items, cornetti complicati. Those looking for more than baked goods can order breakfast dishes, focaccia, sandwiches, salads and caf\u00e9 beverages.<\/p>\n<p>Signature items include Pesto &amp; Cherry Tomato Cornetto, Porchetta &amp; Stracchino Cornetto and Avocado Toast on house made focaccia.<\/p>\n<p>Some background<\/p>\n<p>Gianba\u2019s introduction to cooking was unexpected as he transitioned into the career after serving for five years as an Italian Navy Seal with no prior chef experience, as stated in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>After climbing the industry ladder, Gianba became head chef at Soho House West Hollywood and executive sous chef at The Beverly Hilton where he cooked for the Golden Globes award show for three years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Co-owned by chef Gianbattista \u201cGianba\u201d Vinzoni and actor and comedian Tom Segura, Ciccio Bomba is now serving Italian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,4235,32425,11832,34210,134,4234,133,34212,34213,34214,1604,34208,34209,34211,16968,13740],"class_list":["post-66023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-business-news","tag-austin-community-impact","tag-austin-dining-news","tag-austin-downtown-dining-spots","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-local-news","tag-austin-news","tag-ciccio-bomba","tag-ciccio-bomba-austin","tag-ciccio-bomba-community-impact","tag-community-impact","tag-fareground","tag-fareground-austin","tag-new-bakeries-in-austin","tag-new-restaurants-in-austin","tag-where-to-eat-in-austin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}