Archive for 'Varano’s Chef and Food'

Varano’s New EVOO

Varano’s New EVOO

When I travel to Italy, my main focus is food and wine, I love to discover a new wine for Varano’s, one that is available in the United States and that fits into our format. I love driving through wine country and seeing all the vineyards, planted in perfect rows. The scenic vistas that vineyards [...]

Sometimes It’s All About The Food

Even though this is a wine blog, I’m going to shift the focus for one week and write about our new Chef and his new menu. Back in January, I made “the decision” to hire a new Chef for Varano’s. Our existing Chef had been with us as Sous Chef and ultimately the Chef for [...]

Springing forward in May

May is a wonderful month, we start out with Mother’s Day and end with Memorial Day Weekend. For me it’s more, May seems to be the unofficial start to our season. This May we’ve taken our charge to new heights, Varano’s has hired a new chef, and with this addition, we now have the ability [...]

Times have changed

There was a time when Maine Restaurateurs never had wine reps from abroad stop by and visit. To say times have changed is an understatement, we’ve had more top producers visit our restaurant in the last year than the previous three combined. Typically, when an Italian producer lands in Boston, his itinerary consists of the [...]