Bielat Santore & Company’s "Who’s Who in the Restaurant Industry"
Bradley Beach, NJ (PRWEB) August 08, 2013 -- Family is most important when it comes to the Manno family, owners of the traditional old-school Italian restaurant, Giamano’s Ristorante located at 301 Main Street, Bradley Beach, New Jersey. The family-run restaurant provides a friendly environment and serves some of the best Italian cuisine at the Jersey Shore. Giamano’s Ristorante has been creating delicious meals for almost 30 years. Rhonda Manno currently runs the restaurant with her son and Giamano’s chef, Steffan Manno, and her daughter, Adriana, who is the general manager. They took over the business, originally named Balducci’s by Rhonda’s in-laws, Joseph and Antoinette Manno, after Rhonda’s husband Frank passed away. With the help of the rest of the Manno family and their team including, co-executive chef Peter Patagno, Giamano’s Ristorante has become one of the most popular Italian restaurants in the area. Here’s their story:
Bielat Santore & Company (BSC): Is everything you make here homemade?
Steffan Manno: All is homemade and from scratch. Our mantra is the only way you make a good product is to start with good ingredients.
BSC: You do a great deal for the community. What has inspired you to help as much as you do?
Rhonda Manno: It started out with Steffan serving a few meals to families in need and when the opportunity arose to serve many more at the Asbury Park Fire House every Thanksgiving and Christmas, we decided to take on the challenge. When it got too big we had to move it to the Salvation Army building where it continues to date.
Steffan Manno: We don’t call it a soup kitchen; it’s more of a party and a celebration. Many of our customers come out and volunteer. In addition, several of the musicians who perform at Giamano’s perform at these dinners for free. We also give out clothes, coats, hats, gloves and toys.
Rhonda Manno: We also do a benefit for the Monmouth County Food Bank. We close the restaurant, sell tickets, and donate all proceeds to the Food Bank. Our servers are willing to volunteer their time and help.
BSC: Do you sell any of your homemade recipes that you use at the restaurant?
Steffan Manno: We make fresh mozzarella daily and sell a lot of that. We also jar and label our homemade tomato sauce for sale. We are marketing our sauces in some local food markets. Our ultimate goal is to get it going nationally in supermarkets.
BSC: What is your most popular dish at your restaurant?
Rhonda Manno: Our Chicken Savoy. Our customers really love that dish and they always rave about it.
BSC: Where did your recipes come from? Are they Italian secrets passed down from generations?
Steffan Manno: Most of our recipes have been passed down by family over the years and all of our recipes are homemade. The ricotta cheesecake is my grandmother’s recipe from years ago. People go crazy for the cheesecake!
BSC: Do you have any special promotions?
Rhonda Manno: Yes. Tuesday night is “customer appreciation night” where customers receive a 50% discount on all menu items (excluding liquor). Every Sunday (except holidays) children under 10 years old who order off the Children’s Menu eat free after 4:00pm; Kurt the Magical Entertainer entertains the children with a magic show at 5:30pm.
BSC: Who do you consider your biggest competition in the area?
Rhonda Manno: No one. Even people that talk about going to other places come back and tell us we’re still the best!
Giamano’s Ristorante offers outdoor dining and late night entertainment every Friday and Saturday night in their upstairs lounge featuring local Jazz, Latin, and Reggae bands. Giamano’s has recently added an outdoor bocce court and intends to start a Wednesday night bocce league.
Visit Giamano’s Ristorante located at 301 Main Street, Bradley Beach, New Jersey; open every day for dinner except Mondays. Check them out on an array of social media websites including Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare. Contact them by phone, 732.775.4275, e-mail, rhonda(at)giamanos(dot)com, or visit their website for more information http://www.giamanos.com/.
About Bielat Santore and Company:
Bielat Santore & Company is an established commercial real estate firm. The company's expertise lies chiefly within the restaurant and hospitality industry, specializing in the sale of restaurants and other food and beverage real estate and businesses. Since 1978, the principals of Bielat Santore & Company, Barry Bielat and Richard Santore, have sold more restaurants and similar type properties in New Jersey than any other real estate company. Furthermore, the firm has secured in excess of $500,000,000 in financing to facilitate these transactions. Visit the company’s website, http://www.123bsc.com for the latest in new listings, property, searches, available land, market data, financing trends, RSS feeds, press releases and more.
Richard R. Santore, Bielat Santore & Company, http://www.123bsc.com, +1 732-869-4200, [email protected]
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