The Good Life: Chef Mario Martinoli brings Roman cuisine back to the South Bay
“French cuisine is all about technique. Italian is about ingredients.” – Dolce Vita chef Mario Martinoli Dolce Vita chef Mario Martinoli. Photo Anybody who has shopped for a house knows the feeling when they find the right one – the one that will be a home rather than just a place to live. Celebrity chef Mario Martinoli must have had that feeling when he found a struggling restaurant the Redondo Riviera Village that was serving German and French food, despite having an Italian name. “This place is called Dolce Vita, which means the good life. I lived the good life in Italy in the 1960s. My backyard was the Coliseum. It was minutes from my house. I would go there and play gladiator. This was before they locked it up and put gates all over the place. When I was 10 years old, my friends and I would run all over Rome and hop from café to café. That was the concept of la dolce vita – that sense of personal, political and economic freedom after dictatorship and war. It was this philosophy that benefited the arts, fashion and food.” Dolce Vita is Mario’s return to a personal relationship with his customers after decades of talking about food on radio and TV, being a demonstration chef…
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