HOURS
Tuesday - Sunday, 11am - 10pm
Closed Mondays
We are closed for the following holidays:
Easter Sunday, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Years Day
RESERVATION ONLY ON
VALENTINES DAY, CHRISTMAS EVE AND NEW YEARS EVE
Every Tuesday-Thursday, 4-6pm
HAPPY HOUR
RESERVATIONS
Make a reservation online or call us at
951 - 676 - 9194
For parties over 18 guests, please contact Gourmet Italia Banquets
REAL PASSION
REAL ITALIAN
Gourmet Italia uses as much seasonal fresh organic produce cultivated from its own 6 acre garden along with the highest quality of imported Italian goods. So every plate, flavor and bite tastes like Sicilia!
"Never had a decent meal from a great chef with lousy ingredients but I've had a decent meal from a lousy chef with great ingredients"
- Alex Prestifilippo, our founder
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JOIN OUR WINE CLUB
Poggio Leano is our family-owned winery and vineyard. We distribute our family's fine wines in the restuarant, as well as our other family businesses around Temecula.
As a Poggio Leano Wine Club Member, you can indulge in the luxurious, Italian experience derived from our family's Sicilian roots.
We offer three deluxe membership options that include access to exclusive events, discounts and more.
ABOUT ALEX
Alessandro "Alex" was born in Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy. After Alex graduated from high school, he and his father opened a family restaurant in their home town. Alex managed Lo Sperone and also managed a pizzeria as well as an equestrian center. In 1997 he decided to leave Italy for California. Like many other Europeans, Alex had a dream to make it in America; the land of opportunity.
Coming to California, and not speaking a word of English, he started his first job mopping floors and busing tables at a restaurant in Newport Beach. Though appreciative of the opportunity he had been given, it wasn't enough for a man that the word "driven" only begins to describe. He was determined to learn the English language so that he may aspire to one day own a restaurant of his own.
In 4 short years, Alex accomplished his dream of opening a restaurant in America. Gourmet Italia was opened in October of 2000 and Temecula was introduced to several of Alex's family recipes as well as an arrangement of other well known Italian dishes. The news of Gourmet Italia's incredible food, attentive service, charming, passionate and always singing owner spread fast and the success of the restaurant was more than Alex ever expected.
Today, Alex has successfully opened Gourmet Italia, Spuntino Pizzeria / Delicatessen, The Bar Next Door, Poggio Leano Wine Club, The Wine Room & Lounge and a recent addition, Bottega Italia in Old Town Temecula, CA.
He lives this American dream with his wife Charity, and their 3 children; Mirella, Luca and Logan.
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