Italy figured out something a long time ago that most of the restaurant industry is still trying to copy. Feed people well, make them feel at home, and they will come back every single week for the rest of their lives.
It sounds simple and it absolutely is, which is exactly why so few places manage to pull it off. Georgia has a quietly impressive collection of family-owned Italian restaurants that understand this completely.
These are not places that opened because someone thought Italian food was a safe investment. These are places that exist because a family had recipes worth sharing and decided the world should eat them…