Born in Naples,
Cooked for the World
Massimo Navarretta grew up along the shores of the Bay of Naples, where food was never just sustenance — it was celebration, conversation, and love made visible. His mother cooked from the garden. His grandmother made pasta by feel. He learned, before he could explain why, that great food is honest food.
After training in Italy and working in kitchens across California, Massimo opened Onotria to share something simple: the feeling of sitting at an Italian table. The kind where no one is in a hurry, the wine flows, and every dish arrives as if it were made for you alone.
Named after the ancient Greek word for the fertile wine lands of southern Italy — land of vines — Onotria carries the spirit of that place into every corner of the dining room.
Onotria — from the ancient Greek, meaning land of vines. The ancient name for fertile southern Italy, invoked by Virgil in the Aeneid. A place where the vine and the table are inseparable.
