Mirco Fondrini hails from Morbegno, Valtellina in the region of Lombardy in the alpine region of Northern His ethos is simple - to serve traditional Italian recipes that reflect Italian culture and Mirco’s love of home.
Even though he had to close his restaurant on the 13th of March due to the Covid-19 crisis, he has managed to keep serving his customers with his great Italian food via his new take out service. These are tough times for restaurant but Mirco is still optimistic about the future.
Min 1.40 - Mirco explains about his restaurant and its food
Min 4.05 - Bringing authentic Italian food to Cork
Min 5.55 - Typical customer. Couples, Locals, Tourists etc...
Min 7.15 - Number of seatings on busy nights
Min 8.40 - Focus is on local people
Min 10.00 - When the Covid-19 problems began to affect him
Min 13.05 - Creating a take out menu with simple food
Min 16.00 - Number of staff in the restaurant and dealings with the landlord & suppliers
Min 18.45 - Dealing with the banks, tax authorities and other costs
Min 23.04 - How the takeout service is doing and how he will continue with this
Min 26.02 - Micro is a fresh pasta man
Min 27.30 - Running the restaurant under restrictions. No plans, go with the flow
Min 32.30 - Take out for the customer that is nervous about leaving their home
Min 34.05 - More insight in to the take out service
Mirco never lost his sleep and is enjoying minding his 2 almost year old daughter while his wife works in the morning. Its good!