Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant is close to bringing its pizza-focused spinoff to the DMV, with suburban Maryland among the areas being considered for future locations.
According to the Washington Business Journal, Piccolo Buco is close to signing a lease for its first DMV location at Kingstowne Center in Fairfax County. The restaurant would take over the space formerly occupied by Romano’s Macaroni Grill, which was the chain’s final location in the Washington region. The Business Journal also reports that representatives for Piccolo Buco are scouting potential locations in suburban Maryland.
Piccolo Buco is a partnership between Cooper’s Hawk founder and CEO Tim McEnery and Roman chef Luca Issa. McEnery discovered Issa’s original Piccolo Buco pizzeria while visiting Rome near the Trevi Fountain and later partnered with him to bring the concept to the United States…