Few restaurants on the West Coast have reminded me of my family’s cooking quite like Il Barone. As someone who grew up outside of Boston, surrounded by homemade Italian cooking, I was looking forward to how Il Barone’s traditional Sicilian approach would compare.
Chef Franco Barone and his wife, Donatella, have built Il Barone around authentic Northern Italian cooking, bringing the techniques Franco learned in Milan to Newport Beach.
Now in its second year on West Coast Highway (after three other Newport Beach locations), Il Barone refined its menu last year to better serve neighborhood families while continuing to cater to longtime business clientele…