Cafe Milano, the restaurant of leaders from world wide | EUROtoday

The recipe for achievement

Nuschese explains the outcomes achieved along with his Cafe Milano like this: «It’s easy, imagine it or not. You have to offer the individuals what they need. It’s all about consistency. It’s one of many greatest challenges for a restaurant. You must personally care for your clients. You exist for them.” And again: «A restaurant must have a fantastic atmosphere. It is our responsibility to cultivate it. People must feel the atmosphere when they enter, they come here because they want to see and they want to be seen, while still wanting the privacy they deserve. Obviously when we have very high profile people who are particularly in the spotlight, discretion is essential. Thanks to the creation of strategic and reserved spaces, we are able to guarantee confidentiality, protecting them and ensuring them a relaxing experience at Cafe Milano.”

Born in Minori, on the Amalfi Coast, in 1961, Franco Nuschese gained expertise in London earlier than opening Cafe Milano, then in Las Vegas, the place he managed eating places for Caesars Palace, and was additionally assistant vp for Europe and Middle East operations for Caesars World. In 2016, Cafe Milano inaugurated its second location on the Four Seasons Hotel in Abu Dhabi, on the seafront of Al Maryah Island, within the United Arab Emirates. Nuschese additionally labored at MGM Grand and is now the proprietor of a number of diversified corporations with world pursuits. President of the Georgetown Entertainment Group, he’s a member of the Board of Directors of the Atlantic Council and of the Board of Advisers of the Italian Research Institute of Georgetown University, and is a member of the Board of Directors of Rondine – Città della Pace. He is Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, nominated by the President of the Republic for having created a constructive picture of Italians in America and on this planet. While in 2008 he was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor within the USA, a recognition shared with seven American presidents.

The longest-standing dish on the menu is the Capellini Ann Hand, named after the jewellery designer, with tomato and basil sauce. «We have a household in Italy that produces all of the tomatoes for us, with the best acidity and sweetness. We obtain 12 meter containers yearly,” says Nuschese. But the menu, between nice classics and a few improvements, additionally refers back to the huge names in vogue and Made in Italy.

It is totally ineffective to record the highly effective and well-known people who find themselves usually company of Nuschese. They are all or virtually all there, from politics to leisure to sport. Among the American presidents of current many years, evidently solely Donald Trump has not but set foot in Cafe Milano, the place his daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner are at house. Discretion and a relationship of belief are basic parts of the restaurant’s success: «The finest place to go to be seen, with out being seen» say even essentially the most unique clients. Italian presidents Giorgio Napolitano and Sergio Mattarella additionally handed by way of right here, as did Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. And pEven Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his birthday with Nuschese’s catering on the Apostolic Nunciature close to Glover Park: «We ordered hand-painted plates from my hometown in Italy with the Vatican brand and – recollects the entrepreneur – we additionally ready a large cake that reproduced St. Peter’s Square».

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