Venice alive and well in Torrance
Cafe Tre Venezie owner Alessandro Chiaretto. Photos by JP Cordero (CivicCouch.com) Il bar, where the Italian’s drink and drive There’s a reason Starbucks gives their drinks Italian names. Their Frappuccino and their measurements venti and trenta are either meaningless or misleading in Italian, but they reflect the fact that Italians not only invented the espresso machine, but most of the drinks that are made with it. When you order a cappuccino or macchiato, you’re paying tribute to an obsession with coffee that goes back centuries. There’s a Starbucks on the corner of Hawthorne and PCH for those who like their products, but go just half a mile east and you will find something more unusual – one of only two Italian-style coffeehouses in the South Bay. Café Tre Venezie opened almost two years ago in a low-profile location between some medical buildings and a Chinese buffet. Almost immediately it became a destination for the local Italian community. (I wasn’t sure we even had a local Italian community, but on my last two visits there were people conversing in Italian at the table next to me.) Owner Alessandro Chiaretto set out to recreate the coffeehouses of his homeland in the…
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