In a century-old cottage in Kenner's historic Rivertown section, Piero Cenni and his family serve the food of the Romagna region of Italy. That's a style we don't see much, outside spaghetti bolognese--and even that is rarely made the way they do it in Bologna, as they do here. Although much of the menu is familiar to fans of Italian cooking, a lot of it is unique to this establishment, and delicious to boot.
Piero originally opened his restaurant in downtown Ponchatoula. He moved it to Kenner in 2004, taking over an old house that itself had been moved recently. It was was the home of the Centannis, one of the first families of Kenner. Nice coincidence: Centanni means "a hundred years" in Italian. That's about how old the house is.
A distinctive, comfortable, antique environment. The three front rooms of what was a shotgun single have become one large dining room, with heavy wood plank floors, high ceilings, and transoms. A nice adaptive restoration. The room is served by Piero's other son Giacomo, as well as Piero and his wife Evelyn. Some evenings, an opera singer strolls the room singing Italian songs..
The mixed grill sounds much better than it is, even though it is a pure Bolognese classic. Portions are very large, so order accordingly.
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