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“To be honest, I’m here because Stephen Starr invited me to be here so it’s not anything that I would’ve felt confident enough to do on my own,” Nancy Silverton told Hollywood on the Potomac at a VIP opening reception for her latest culinary venture: Osteria Mozza. “Certainly not something of this scale, but knowing Stephen and all of the support that I would get from him, it seemed like it was doable.”
After years of collaboration, James Beard Award-winning restaurateur Stephen Starr and renowned LA chef Nancy Silverton are set to open the Michelin-starred Osteria Mozza in Washington, DC. This marks the restaurant’s first location on the East Coast, a significant win for locals. The opening highlights the regional Italian cuisine that has established Mozza as a staple in LA and solidified Silverton’s status as one of the world’s top chefs.
We wrongly assumed that Silverton was Italian, but she is not. However, she fell in love with Italy many years ago and bought a home in Umbria. “I have had my house for 25 years. I’ve been going to the same town for 28 years. I just fell in love with this small town that I went to three summers in a row and I wanted to have a house because I wanted to have my own kitchen. I wanted to do what I wanted to do on vacation, which was cook.”
“I originally started cooking in my college dormitory kitchen. It was like a work assignment. It meant that I got half off of my dorm payment, but that’s not why I did it. I did it because there was a really cute boy that worked in the kitchen. That’s a good reason. And the rest is history.”
Osteria Mozza is a restaurant, a retail store, a bar and more. It is situated within the Georgetown Park retail development, in a historic market on M Street NW that dates back to 1865. This space has been beautifully transformed by the New York-based design studio Roman and Williams into a modern, inviting venue. Stunning arched windows fill the interior with natural light, while the striking terrazzo floors complement the marble tables and bar tops, dark wood accents, and hints of exposed brick. The Solarium features floor-to-ceiling windows, redefining outdoor dining by bringing the experience indoors. Additionally, a private dining room on the mezzanine offers an intimate setting for gatherings, accommodating up to 20 guests. It’s exquisite.
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