Drago restaurants facts for kids
The Drago family is famous for owning and running some of the best Italian restaurants in Los Angeles, California. They have been doing this since the 1980s. People especially love their delicious pasta dishes.
Meet the Drago Family
The Drago family includes four brothers: Tanino, Calogero, Celestino, and Giacomino. Giacomino is a big part of 11 restaurants in Los Angeles. These include famous spots like Il Pastaio and Via Alloro in Beverly Hills. He is seen as a key leader in the family's restaurant business.
Celestino Drago moved to Los Angeles from Sicily in the mid-1970s. His first job was as a chef at Osteria Romana Orsini. Later, he opened his own important Italian restaurant called Celestino in Beverly Hills. This restaurant closed later, but it reopened in Pasadena. Celestino also helped his three brothers come from their family restaurant in Messina to Los Angeles.
Some of the Drago family's special dishes have even been featured in cookbooks!
Drago Family Restaurants
The Drago family has opened many restaurants over the years. Here are some of them:
- Celestino (first in Beverly Hills until 1991; now open in Pasadena)
- L'Arancino (this restaurant is now closed)
- Celestino Steak House (in West Hollywood, closed in 2009)
- Drago Santa Monica (this restaurant is also closed)
- Il Pastaio (a very popular spot)
- Enoteca Drago Beverly Hills (a wine bar)
- Drago Centro (a restaurant in Downtown Los Angeles, opened in 2009)
- Osteria Drago (in West Hollywood, opened in 2012)
- Tanino Ristorante Bar
- Panzanella Ristorante Sherman Oaks
