Centro South cafe in Reno scraps tapas for modern delicacies

Editor‘s notice: This story was corrected to reflect that Alberto Gazzola labored as a chef at the cafe Trattoria, not as a dishwasher.

In a earth the place lots of new places to eat go bust in a number of decades, a person longtime Reno chef has discovered to roll with the punches. And that at times implies scrapping menus that fail to link with clients.

Centro South is chef Alberto Gazzola’s most up-to-date venture, a spinoff of his wildly effective Midtown cafe, Centro. Centro South introduced before this yr hoping to emulate the accomplishment of its tapas-focused sister cafe. 

But Centro South’s delicacies unsuccessful to make the pleasure that Gazzola experienced anticipated. In spite of the affluent clientele and ritziness of the new locale, the Village at Rancharrah, the tapas menu intimidated some customers wanting for a casual lunch, Gazzola believed. Tapas, a Spanish phrase for appetizers, consists of artfully organized small plate dishes that includes meat, greens and the kind of seafood located in Mediterranean countries — squid, octopus and this kind of.

So, Gazzola decided to scrap the whole menu and replace his government chef with Geoffrey Caliger, a veteran of Liberty Meals & Wine Exchange.

The new menu and crew, which was exposed a tiny a lot more than a week back, focuses on fashionable cuisine.

“Absent are the tiny, super elaborate (and way too high-priced) plates,” Gazzola advised the RGJ. “Smaller, medium and comprehensive-dimensions entrees will be part of our choices, from fresh new day by day fish preparations to Piemontese-breed beef. Asian- and South American-influenced recipes will also be existing.”