Trattoria 'A Vucchella: Hidden Italian Gem in Downtown Bridgeport Features Interview Restaurant Italian Bridgeport Homepage Interview Hidden Gem Pasta Andrew Dominick July 23, 2024 Trattoria A’Vucchella is the epitome of a hidden gem. Open for a tick over a decade, directly across the street from The Bijou Theater in Downtown Bridgeport, it might be one of the city’s best kept secrets if you’re not a local, and if you didn’t somehow discover it naturally.“It’s a tough location, but we have a loyal following,” says co-owner Pasquale De Martino. “They all found us organically, and once they find us, they come back and from all over. I love the community here.”Martino—who opened the restaurant back in 2014 with Jennifer Galletti and Thomas Bepko—was formerly the owner of a limoncello factory for 10 years in his birthplace of Sorrento, Italy before selling it and eventually getting into the villa renting business in Italy with Galletti. Read More
Carnitas + Family: Taco Guy Dishes About His Father’s Spot Super Taqueria Las Salsas in Bridgeport Interview Features Restaurant carnitas tacos Bridgeport Hidden Gem Mexican Andrew Dominick March 19, 2024 If last year’s article on Taco Guy was the first “movie,” Super Taqueria Las Salsas is the sequel that’s actually a prequel. I’ll explain.Taco Guy’s owner, Adrian Hurtado—who for this I’m going to use his middle name, Christtian, because that’s what he goes by if you know him—introduced a group of us to his father, Gil Salvador Perez Hurtado, back in March of 2023 at his dad’s restaurant, Super Taqueria Las Salsas. Christtian, you see, wanted us to know where he came from, where he learned his hard-working ethic from, and to introduce us to carnitas, something that has been in the Hurtado Family since 1931 in the Mexican state of Michoacán, where their family is from, and is also the birthplace of carnitas.“My grandfather, Salvador, started it, but in the restaurant industry, I’m second generation,” Christtian says. Read More
