Jenna and Maurizio Arcidiacono first met in San Francisco in 1998. Jenna was fresh out of college, working at famed North Beach Italian restaurant L’Osteria del’Forno. Maurizio was a handsome stranger from Milan, in town visiting friends. It was love and first sight, and within months, Jenna left with Maurizio on a whirlwind tour of …
“Trattoria” – from the word “trattare” which means to treat yourself! Amore Trattoria first opened in 2010, in it’s current location on Alpine at 6 mile in Walker, just outside of Grand Rapids. The closest that you’ll come to an old world Italian food experience in West Michigan!
This is no “Italian Nouveaux” restaurant. We follow the practices of the Slow Food institute, and aim to recreate the authentic tastes of Italy using seasonal Michigan produce. Many of our recipes have been passed down through generations of the Arcidiacono family, and no dish makes it onto the menu without Nona Vittoria’s stamp of …
