ALL ROADS LEADS HERE.
Robbie, in collaboration with the team behind Toscana Restaurant Group, had a simple idea: bring the energy of a real Roman neighborhood spot to Brentwood. The kind of place where you stop in for a glass and end up staying for dinner. Where the food is honest, the wine list is thoughtful, and nobody's in a hurry.
The pinseria and enoteca format was the natural fit — rooted in Italian Roman tradition, designed for the way people actually want to eat and drink together.
Our beloved flying donkey came during the research process. It lives on a wall in Tor di Nona, a neighborhood along the Tiber with a long, complicated history — opera scandals, papal decrees, urban decay. In the 1970s, locals and architecture students started painting utopian graffiti on the old buildings as a form of protest. A young Isabella Rossellini was among them. Over time the neighborhood recovered, the murals faded, and almost all of the graffiti disappeared.
Almost all. One remains: a flying donkey, still hovering between the windows of a Tor di Nona building. The last survivor of a crazy utopian dream.
That felt right.
WHAT WE SERVE.
Pinsa at the center. Ancient Roman flatbread — slow-fermented, lighter than pizza, crispy where it counts. Around it: shared plates, pasta, and a carefully chosen selection of Italian wines.
The kitchen is led by Luca Crestanelli from S.Y. Kitchen, Nella Kitchen + Bar, and StICa in the Santa Ynez Valley — with Executive Chef Justino Quirino from Bar Toscana overseeing operations.
THE NAME.
The name is an invitation. Whoever you are, whatever brought you here — there's a seat at the table.
All roads once led to Rome. This one leads to Brentwood. Close enough.