karen audia shannon

To Readers of Don Rockwell.com . . . a brief intro from Karen Audia Shannon, General Manager of Spezie at 1736 L Street, NW since September 2008. I will be posting every so often on behalf of Chef Cesare Lanfranconi, who you will remember previously as Chef/Owner of Tosca and Executive Chef of Galileo, and on behalf of proprietor Enzo Livia, who also owns the very popular Il Pizzico Ristorante of Rockville. Some of you may know me from Butterfield 9 or my own restaurant, Petitto's Ristorante d'Italia with "Dolce Finale", which I sold in 2000. Stop in Spezie and say "Hello." Besides a full menu, representing a Contemporary Rustica Cuisine of Italy, Spezie offers a "Piattini" Bar Menu with 20 small plates available throughout the day and evening. Ciao Karen