Dolce Italia Authentic Italian Restaurant in Sarasota

A Warm Welcome From Dolce Italia…

Matthew, Tiziana & The Dolce Italia Family!

La Nostra Casa e la Vostra Casa.
Our Home is Your Home.

We are proud to have the same core staff for almost a decade and believe that is a testament to the feeling of family that extends to our guests. We appreciate all of our customers, loyal clientele and new guests alike, and we look to continue on the story of Dolce Italia. Our goal is to be your favorite Italian restaurant and to provide a consistently excellent experience.

Tiziana Di Costanzo – Fondatrice
Tiziana comes from Ischia, an island in the gulf of Napoli. She opened Dolce Italia (Sweet Italy) in 2010, originally as a bakery. She started to offer pasta dishes in the evening and found out her customers loved her family recipes. Dolce Italia Restaurant was born. She worked hard for many years to build Dolce Italia into one of Sarasota’s top rated Italian restaurants. She assembled a staff that persists to this day. Tiziana’s father, Ceppo Matto, came to the
United States to do the Castle Aragonese art on the wall, the most famous landmark of Ischia.

Matthew – Owner
Matthew started working for Tiziana as a waiter in 2014. His Italian roots come from his maternal grandparents with a grandfather who left Sicily when he was 1l to immigrate through Ellis Island into the United States, and grandmother with direct roots to Napoli and Sienna. Sundays were all about family dinners. He started working in restaurants at the age of 21 washing dishes and bussing tables. His career took him to many Italian eateries and eventually he fell in love with Dolce Italia. Tiziana infused a passion for genuine hospitality and a high standard of simple Italian cooking. When Tiziana was ready to step out of the day to day operations of the restaurant to spend more time with her five grandchildren, Matthew stepped in as the owner in 2022 and strives to maintain attention to all the fine details that have made Dolce Italia a success! Matthew loves spending time with his wife Lea and his daughter Myla Marie.

Patrick – Operations Manager
Patrick comes from the outer banks of North Carolina and grew up working ni the restaurant industry. Originally a cook, he worked ni Italian restaurants learning the finer points of the cuisine. He started as a waiter in Dolce Italia around the same time as Matthew. When Matthew took over the restaurant he collaborated with Patrick to help run the front of the house as well as make an impact on the operations and menu. Patrick loves sailing, music, and is a proud father to his son Ellis.

Maria & Roberto – Capocuochi
Maria started as an assistant to Tiziana in the beginning of the restaurant. She worked for many years prepping the ingredients and learning the recipes before taking over full time cooking duties in 2017. Around that time she brought in her brother Roberto and taught him everything she knew. They both have mastered Tiziana’s methods as well as come up with their own inventive recipes. They bake our homemade bread and work tirelessly as our capocuochi to provide consistently excellent food.