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Vesta in downtown Redwood City specializes in wood-fired pizzas. The restaurant also serves small plates of vegetables such as asparagus and a variety of salads.
While Peter Barrone grew up in the restaurant business, his wife Courtney did not. One day, however, she applied to work at Cafe Barrone and it was Peter who reviewed the application of his future wife.
“I hired her and she was my best hire,” Peter said.
Today, the two own and operate Vesta in downtown Redwood City in the same building on Broadway that once housed Cafe Barrone, now located in Menlo Park.
Vesta is famous for its wood-fired pizzas and is inspired by a restaurant in Venice the couple used to frequent while living in Southern California.
It was the busiest restaurant in Venice and it served wood-fired pizzas, Peter said.
They decided to open up their own place but it took quite a while to perfect the pizza.
Peter’s father had a wood-fired stove in his backyard and the couple practiced using it for at least a year. It took a while to perfect the dough and they had their critics along the way.
They almost gave up, in fact.
Vesta serves small plates because the Barrones like sharing food.
When it first opened four years ago, Vesta only really served pizza and downtown Redwood City was still a bit sleepy.
Now the restaurant serves all kinds of vegetable dishes, cauliflower is a big hit, and salads made all with organic ingredients. Downtown is also bustling and the lunchtime crowd has picked up quite a bit as more office workers stroll the area.
Peter spent his childhood in the neighborhood as his family operated Cafe Barrone at 2022 Broadway since 1979.
He used to bus tables for $1.
One thing he and his wife have done differently, however, is to only open the restaurant five days a week. His parents worked seven days a week and they were so busy, he said.
The couple just welcomed their first child into the world, Theo, who is 5 months old. The whole family was at Vesta Tuesday during a packed lunch service.
The goal is to keep Vesta running nice and smooth while the two mull whether to open another restaurant, preferably in Redwood City, with perhaps a different concept.
In the meantime, all the attention is on Vesta’s food including its popular sausage and honey pizza with red sauce and green olive white pie.
Pizza prices range from $12 for the marinara red pie to $23 for the carbonara white pie.
Small plates range from $9 for the grilled carrots to $15 for its charcuterie plate. Salads range from $6 to $12.
It also mainly serves beer and wine from California.
Vesta was also named to the 2014 Michelin Bib Gourmand list.
Vesta is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Go to vestarwc.com to learn more.
(650) 344-5200 ext. 102
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