Cibo e Beve

Cibo e Beve is the creation of chefs Gianni Betti and Linda Harrell. Working together at a Tuscan restaurant in Baltimore in 1993, they discovered they shared the same dream, which was to create an Italian kitchen specializing in authentic Italian cuisine featuring unique family recipes and traditional ingredients from Italy. Twenty-five years later,Cibo e Beve came to life. Along with their one-of-a-kind recipes and select old favorites, the estaurant features craft cocktails and an award-winning wine list. ​Gianni Betti was born and raised in Regello, Italy, in the heart of Tuscany. After graduating from the Instituto Alberghiero Aurelio Saffi in Florence, he and his brothers opened their first restaurant Fattoria degli Usignoli in the countryside of Florence. After two successful years, Gianni came to the U.S. to work as a chef for Germano's Trattoria Petrucci in Baltimore, Maryland, where he met Linda, and Cibo e Beve became an idea. But Gianni took some detours. He returned to Italy to open Antica Posta Restaurant and Bed & Breakfast in the heart of the Chianti region, a food connoisseur's destination in the Tuscan restaurant guidebooks. Then in 2008 he came back to the U.S. to work as an executive chef with Posta Tuscan in Raleigh, North Carolina. He eventually joined his brothers in Atlanta as an executive chef and general manager for Antica Posta in Buckhead. In 2018 Gianni and Linda opened the doors to Cibo e Beve.