The chef behind SPQR and Mattina opens a restaurant and cafe at the Elene, a new Napa Valley resort
A new resort in Napa Valley has snagged a James Beard Award-nominated San Francisco chef to help open two restaurants on its property: Say hello to Vetra and its sister cafe opening inside the Elene, which debuts in late 2026. Chef Matthew Accarrino, who runs Italian favorite SPQR and opened all-day restaurant Mattina in 2023, is consulting on the menus at those two restaurants.
Accarrino worked his way through various acclaimed restaurants in the States and Italy, including Emeril’s, Charlie Trotter’s, and Per Se, before landing in San Francisco full-time as of 2009. He began consulting on the Elene’s kitchen layout, before continuing the working relationship and developing the menus at Vetra and the yet-to-be-named cafe space. Those two restaurants embody different dining experiences for guests and visitors, but both will lean into Accarrino’s Cal-Italian experience. The other project is a more casual, cafe-like experience, while Vetra is the main restaurant for the property, running from breakfast to dinner…