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Sasso Italiano

Woolloongabba

Sasso Italiano is a neighbourhood trattoria and bar serving up old school Italian food from a chic contemporary space in Woolloongabba's South City Square precinct.

Sasso Italiano Woolloongabba

Designed to reignite the presence and passion of the USA’s energetic Italian eateries in the 70’s with good food, dim lights, ambience and good times, Sasso Italiano offers a rich seasonal Negroni menu and natural wines.

Sasso Italiano Woolloongabba

The open-plan kitchen is helmed by Amalfi Coast-born Head Chef Gabriele Di Landri, who has worked at some of Australia’s most exciting restaurants including Dolphin Hotel and Matt Moran’s Chiswick Restaurant and Aria.

Sasso Italiano Woolloongabba

Sasso’s seasonal menu has been designed to share - from fresh pastas, exquisite salads, charcuterie, a sizzling grill selection to carefully crafted crudo and an assortment of pizzas, which arrive on the table having been prepared in a bespoke Marana Forni woodfire oven with a deck wrought from Mount Vesuvius lava stone.

Sasso Italiano Woolloongabba

Starters include classics like gnocco fritto, arancinic and polpette and crudo such as yellow fin tuna tartare, appellation oysters and king ora salmon.

Sasso Italiano Woolloongabba

Charcuterie plates include mortadella, prosciutto parma or salsiccia sarde piccante and delicious antipasti dishes include burrata, confit octopus, local mussels, house pickled sardines and calamari fritti.

Sasso Italiano Woolloongabba

Pasta dishes include delectable choices like Rigatoni Amitriciana, Linguine Marinara, Tagliatoni Al Nero and Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe whilst for Secondi there's Bistecca Allla Fiorentina, Half Roast Chicken or Pork Cotoletta.

Sasso Italiano Woolloongabba

Sasso's curated drinks list includes natural wines from Italy and Australia, spritz (Native, Davidson Plum or Bella Sera), and classic cocktails with a twist, such as Sasso's Manhattan, Mandarin Girabaldi and The Michelangelo G & T.

Sasso Italiano Woolloongabba

Meanwhile the specialised Negroni menu has more than 10 selections from six decades of vintage Gordon’s gins, Cinzano Rosso vermouths and Campari options for a birth-year based Negroni.

Sasso Italiano Woolloongabba

For draught devotees, Sasso offers an extra special tipple with a bespoke beer, Birra Cazino, brewed exclusively for Sasso Italiano. Brewed by the award-winning Aether Brewing, Birra Cazino will be one of the first Italian-style lagers crafted in Australia.

Good to know - Sasso is the first venue by former Ovolo and QT F&B Directors, Vincent Lombino and Jared Thibault, who have been responsible for some of Australia’s most impressive food and beverage concepts.

Need to know - Sasso Italian opens on Thursday 18th November.

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Sasso Italiano

4/148 Logan Rd

Woolloongabba

Opening hours

Licensed

3130 0955

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