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Inside Da Angelino Cucina Italiana: Coconut Grove’s New Restaurant Collab
Written by Eric Barton | July 22, 2025
AUTHOR BIO: Eric Barton is editor of The Adventurist and a freelance journalist who has reviewed restaurants for more than two decades. Email him here.
I’ve spent enough nights at Ariete marveling at the pressed duck, and especially since I live two floors up from it, many evenings at Salumeria 104 amazed at how there’s still a place in Miami to get damn good Italian. So it makes sense then that the restaurant groups behind those two restaurants are teaming up to open a spot together this fall.
Da Angelino Cucina Italiana drops this September at CocoWalk in Coconut Grove, the collaboration of Graspa Group, the folks behind Osteria and Salumeria 104, and Ariete Group, the team responsible for Ariete, Chug’s, and several other favorite spots in the city.
The Da Angelino bar
The address—3015 Grand Avenue—has cycled through concepts over the years, but this one might finally stick. For one, it’s a first for both groups: Ariete’s first Italian concept, and Graspa’s debut in the Grove. And it’s named for Angelin Kometa, a Florence-born front-of-house pro whose name you might not know but whose charm, reportedly, can disarm even the most jaded Coral Gables diner.
Inside, Da Angelino promises white tablecloths and sage-and-terra-cotta tones, like an osteria wandered off a postcard from Tuscany. There’s a Polaroid photo booth—because yes, Instagram, but also to make the place feel like Sunday lunch at your favorite Italian cousin’s house, if your cousin also happened to plate a tableside cacio e pepe and pour bold reds from Piedmont.
Rigatoni
The menu leans traditional, with some big swings: think Brasato al Barolo, grilled seafood, mini calzoni, and a 1.5-pound ribeye for two. House-made pasta anchors the operation, with dishes like Gnocchi alla Vodka and Linguine ai Frutti di Mare made fresh daily. That cacio e pepe, by the way, comes tossed in the cheese wheel. I’ve seen it before, sure—but not from the same team that gave us a damn good cafecito at Chug’s.
Andrew Falsetto, the Ariete CEO, says the idea came from years of eating at Graspa spots with his Italian dad. Da Angelino isn’t trying to redefine Italian food in Miami. It’s trying to do something harder: make it soulful and serious without being stiff, and serve a ribeye that doesn’t require a skyline view or a trust fund to enjoy.
This is the kind of spot that feels overdue for Coconut Grove—classic, not flashy, rooted in neighborhood charm but run by pros. I’ll be there when the doors open, probably ordering that Milanese cutlet and one of those bold Tuscan reds. And if the team behind it delivers what they’ve done before, Da Angelino might just become another favorite in a city that suddenly has a lot more to love.
