Nonna Sulina’s Sicilian Kitchen & Grill will hold a grand opening celebration March 12 at 5000 Bath Pike in Hanover Township, Northampton County. We’re also going to be making fresh pasta, with my father using a gnocchi recipe that’s been in the family for generations - around 200 years.”
“We’re going to be making unique dishes and doing everything a lot differently, including sourcing fresh fish such as wild-caught salmon and branzino from the Mediterranean. “This is not your typical Italian restaurant, where you go to get meatballs, lasagna and chicken Francaise, and we definitely don’t want to be known as a pizzeria,” said Sgroi, who’s operating the restaurant alongside his father, Phil. (Nonna Sulina's/Contributed photo)Ĭustomers should expect dishes such as spiedini (veal stuffed with crab meat and fresh vegetables in a rossini sauce) porchetta (pork tenderloin with broccoli rabe, fresh herbs and a brandy peppercorn demi-glaze) and traditional arancini (Sicilian rice balls with ground chuck, peas, parmigiano and mozzarella), made from long-held family recipes that originated in the boot-shaped country. The restaurant will offer "more authentic and unique Sicilian staples," owner Giacomo Sgroi said.