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There's an artist in the kitchen at Michaelangelo's
The bartender tells me she's convinced that executive chef Michael Annandono goes home every night and "unzips the Michael costume," revealing a little old Italian lady who's been cooking hearty sauces, meat-filled handmade pastas, carpaccios, and risotto all her life. Old-school cooking and unique Italian vintages define Michaelangelo's, the Cleveland restaurant and wine bar Annandono opened with partner Joseph Rutigliano in May 2006.
A case in point: Annandono is clearly, unabashedly in love with Ramato XL, a copper-colored pinot grigio from the Friuli-Venezia...
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Among all cuisines, perhaps none has been as frequently abused as Italian. It seems everyone with a parmesan shaker and the manual dexterity required to slather tomato sauce on a piece of flatbread or a plate of pasta can call themselves an Italian Restaurant.
Making matters worse, the atmosphere of those establishments is equally uninspired, tending towards loud tablecloths, scratchy Dean Martin recordings and clumsily rendered wall murals of straw-hatted gondoliers.
Happily, the local Italian restaurant scene has been emerging from this welter of mediocrity for some time, and one of those now leading the way is Michael Annandono, co-owner (with Joe Rutigliano) and executive chef of Michaelangelo's in Little Italy.
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Greater Cleveland is home to a sizzling restaurant scene and the renowned Cleveland Museum of Art. We're proud to bring them together; 11, talented, passionate chefs - masters of the culinary arts - and works drawn from "Impressionist and Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art".
Michael, what is your biggest challenge?
Getting the right people and
putting them in the right places. Dealing with 20 employees
and having everyone executing what they need to be doing at
the right time is complicated. As soon as one person screws
up, it throws a wrench into the whole business. You never set
the pace for yourself. Usually it's the customers - how fast they...
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2198 Murray Hill Rd • Cleveland, OH 44106
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