| Panciuto |
| About Panciuto |
When Panciuto opened in 2006, it did so with the goal of
providing our customers with simple, creative and
memorable meals in a comfortable dining room with attentive
and friendly service. Always committed to sustainable and
local agriculture we have, since opening, become even more
dedicated to using products from our area farmers. Your
dinner is designed to incorporate the freshest locally
available meats and produce possible. Local and sustainable
are not terms reserved only for special dinner events at
Panciuto, but are the guiding principles used every evening in
every meal. In order to prepare the best dishes we possibly
can, I am proud to feature the meats and produce of hard
working local farmers, as it is important to minimize the time
between farm harvest and table service.
I think you will find the menu at Panciuto is recognizably
Italian with a measure of Southern inflection. The intimate
scale of our restaurant and our relatively small menu allows
us to give each and every dish the proper quality and
attention the food and our guests deserve. We proudly
feature only Italian wines with the philosophy of enjoying
wine without pretension. In short, Panciuto is about creating a
place where you and your friends can enjoy, in an inviting
dining room, inventive and traditional dinners made from
ingredients produced by sustainable and responsible farming
practices in our area. That’s it.
For those of you that have dined with us, I say thank you,
and for those of you yet to dine, we look forward to having
you.
providing our customers with simple, creative and
memorable meals in a comfortable dining room with attentive
and friendly service. Always committed to sustainable and
local agriculture we have, since opening, become even more
dedicated to using products from our area farmers. Your
dinner is designed to incorporate the freshest locally
available meats and produce possible. Local and sustainable
are not terms reserved only for special dinner events at
Panciuto, but are the guiding principles used every evening in
every meal. In order to prepare the best dishes we possibly
can, I am proud to feature the meats and produce of hard
working local farmers, as it is important to minimize the time
between farm harvest and table service.
I think you will find the menu at Panciuto is recognizably
Italian with a measure of Southern inflection. The intimate
scale of our restaurant and our relatively small menu allows
us to give each and every dish the proper quality and
attention the food and our guests deserve. We proudly
feature only Italian wines with the philosophy of enjoying
wine without pretension. In short, Panciuto is about creating a
place where you and your friends can enjoy, in an inviting
dining room, inventive and traditional dinners made from
ingredients produced by sustainable and responsible farming
practices in our area. That’s it.
For those of you that have dined with us, I say thank you,
and for those of you yet to dine, we look forward to having
you.
As for where the restaurant name comes from, Panciuto,
pronounced pan-choo-toe, means potbellied in Italian. I
chose this name to honor a great friend, Duke Edward, who
had an impressively large spirit and potbelly.
This would also be a good place to thank my wife Aimee,
mother Toby, father Robert, and my hard working staff
(Aaron T., Amanda, Colton, Dalton, Danny, Jessica, Joseph,
Lauren, Liz, Sara, and Terri) for their daily contributions to
the restaurant.
Last but not least, I'd like to acknowledge the farmers that
work so hard to make available such great produce and
meats. Most, if not all of them, can be found at the Durham
or Carrboro Farmer's Markets. They are:
Fickle Creek Farm
Cane Creek Farm
Bluebird Meadows
Timberwood Organics
Flat River Nursery
Four Leaf Farm
Shady Grove
Eco Farm
Lil' Farm
Brinkley Farms
Biofarm
Maple Springs
Capritopia
Celebrity Dairy
Rainbow Meadow Farms
Chef/Owner, Aaron Vandemark
