{"id":40289,"date":"2026-08-15T03:33:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T03:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/40289\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T03:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T03:33:09","slug":"this-miami-neighborhood-just-got-the-most-charming-italian-osteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/italy\/40289\/","title":{"rendered":"This Miami neighborhood just got the most charming Italian osteria"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNew Italian restaurant Storia opens in Miami’s Upper Buena Vista neighborhood with a charming osteria atmosphere, great wines, and fresh pasta.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Photo by James Jackman<\/p>\n

The direct English translation of \u201cstoria\u201d in Italian is history or story. But at this new Upper Buena Vista osteria, it means even more. It\u2019s a culmination of relationships, years of hospitality history, and all the stories restaurateur Andrea Fraquelli and chef Giulio Rossi want to share with Miami.<\/p>\n

After helping create some of Miami\u2019s most beloved restaurants, including Cotoletta in Coconut Grov<\/a>e, which won New Times\u2019 Best Restaurant (Coconut Grove) 2025<\/a>, and San Lorenzo, a menuless restaurant tucked away in Little River<\/a>, the duo has parted ways with that team to embark on their most personal project to date. And that project is a charming bistro called Storia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, Storia is a love letter,\u201d Fraquelli tells New Times. \u201cIt\u2019s a love letter to all the restaurants I\u2019ve worked at or helped create. It\u2019s also a thank you to the team who has been extremely loyal to us since the beginning, to my family, our friends, and our guests. Giulio and I put together the best of every place we have worked in, every dish we want to eat the most, and it became everything we most want to share with our guests.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The dishes range from handmade gnocchi scampi and linguine alle vongole to tagliatelle al rag\u00f9.<\/p>\n

Storia\u2019s menu has all of their family\u2019s greatest hits. For antipasti, the beef carpaccio, zucchini fritti, crocchette cacio e pepe, and truffle arancini make for a great start to the meal.<\/p>\n

As for the primi, Miami diners may recognize some of the flavors on the menu, including chef Giulio\u2019s signature rag\u00f9, which is the base of the lasagna and the restaurant\u2019s Bolognese side. Other dishes include handmade gnocchi scampi, linguine alle vongole, and tagliatelle al rag\u00f9.<\/p>\n

Secondi include Giulio\u2019s beef tagliata and branzino alla griglia, while a few specials for two are worth trying, including a signature veal Milanese and rib-eye steak.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe tap into the wisdom of old recipes and honor rather than influence those recipes,\u201d says Fraquelli. \u201cGiulio doesn\u2019t like changing his recipes, so a lot of the dishes will be presented differently, but maintain the essence of what he was taught when he was a teenager and learned over years of opening restaurants.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"The wine list features wines hand-picked from Italy<\/p>\n

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A wine list with a personal story<\/p>\n

The extensive wine list includes a variety of Italian wines, including eight whites, eight reds, and a few ros\u00e9 and sparkling selections.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are hand-picked wines from Italy,\u201d says Fraquelli. \u201cMany of which people will recognize from a grape or area perspective, but are little growers that you don\u2019t find. Also, since this place is all about our relationships, that makes this all happen so organically. One of my dearest friends is a wine collector who has evolved his tastes over the years, and he has given me 1,000 bottles of his collection to sell and showcase in the restaurant.\u201d<\/p>\n

The osteria also sports a bar where guests can order simple Italian cocktails, including an Aperol spritz or Negroni.<\/p>\n

\"\"From left: Storia\u2019s co-founders chef Giulio Rossi, and restaurateur Andrea Fraquelli<\/p>\n

Upper Buena Vista was meant to be<\/p>\n

As a nod to the restaurant\u2019s name, the location choice comes from the decades-long friendship between Fraquelli and Assi Aviv, founder of Upper Buena Vista. Aviv lived above Fraquelli\u2019s restaurant, La Brasseria, in London and became one of its most devoted regulars.<\/p>\n

Storia was designed in collaboration between Eduardo Suarez Designs, which led the restaurant\u2019s interior design, and Cohere, the hospitality branding and experience studio founded by Antoinette Marie Johnson.<\/p>\n

With hard-facing banquettes and endless shelves of wine, the osteria creates the ambiance of a cherished European neighborhood institution.<\/p>\n

\"\"Specials for two include the signature veal Milanese and rib-eye steak.<\/p>\n

No online reservations, and that\u2019s the point<\/p>\n

Across all of his restaurants and now under Fraquelli Hospitality, it has always been about community for Fraquelli. His metric has never been how much a guest spends, but how many times they return.<\/p>\n

Taking it back to 1999, as Fraquelli says, there will be no online reservations. He wants guests to enjoy picking up the phone and being greeted by the team, developing a connection that doesn\u2019t exist when booking a table online.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really believe in those magical two hours that you have in a restaurant,\u201d says Fraquelli. \u201cThe best two hours of your day that you choose to share with us and your favorite people who you bring. So this is all about stepping into a home, into our home that becomes yours. I want them to feel that sense of warmth more than anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Storia, the team will know you by your name, remember your favorite table, and always go above and beyond. So it is only natural that upon entering, the first thing you will read is: \u201cWelcome home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Storia. 5018 NE Second Ave., Miami; reservations via 728-229-4682 or StoriaReservations@FraquelliHospitality.com. Instagram: @storia.miami<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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