Felice

What Felice does

Felice is a privately held, family-owned Tuscan-inspired Italian restaurant group operating 13+ locations across New York (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Long Island, Westchester County), Connecticut (Westport), and Florida (West Palm Beach, Miami/Brickell). Founded in 2007 by Jacopo Giustiniani on Manhattan's Upper East Side, the company sits within the SA Hospitality Group holding structure and positions itself around traditional Italian cuisine, hand-made pasta, and estate wines from its owned Fattoria Sardi organic/biodynamic vineyard in northwest Tuscany, originally established over 200 years ago by the Counts of Sardi.

The core product is full-service Italian dining (lunch, brunch, dinner) augmented by private dining and event spaces (accommodating groups of 2–200), delivery and takeout via the company website and Order.online, and recurring programming such as Sunday Supper ($45 fixed-price weekly ritual) and Italian Happy Hour Aperitivo. Several locations occupy distinctive historic structures — a 1903 grain warehouse in Port Chester, a 1914 Beaux Arts building at the 2025 Flatiron flagship, an art deco building in Brooklyn Heights — providing non-replicable physical real estate. Wine Spectator has recognized at least one location with the Restaurant Award of Excellence.

Felice operates a direct-to-consumer go-to-market: walk-in dining, online reservations through Resy, delivery/takeout through its own channels and third-party platforms, and a dedicated private-events sales function for corporate and celebration bookings. Marketing is event- and content-driven, including a Felice Journal blog, Instagram and Facebook presence, email newsletters via Mailchimp, and time-bound promotions tied to cultural moments (World Cup, Ferragosto). Pricing is unit-based across a la carte, prix-fixe, and special-event formats, with no subscription or membership model disclosed.

Name

Felice

Legal name

Felice Restaurants

Website

https://felicerestaurants.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Felice is a family-owned Tuscan-inspired Italian restaurant group operating 13+ locations across New York, Connecticut, and Florida, serving traditional Italian cuisine, hand-made pasta, and estate wines from its owned Fattoria Sardi vineyard to neighborhood diners and private-event guests.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Italian Restaurants

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Special Food Services (7223)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Brasseries, Bistros & Trattorias (THAFACAI)

Keywords

• Italian restaurants
• Tuscan dining
• Private dining events
• Estate wine program
• Restaurant delivery

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices15 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Restaurant Dining: Full-service Tuscan-inspired Italian dining with lunch, brunch, and dinner service across all locations. Revenue generated from food and beverage sales in a table-service restaurant format.
2. Delivery & Takeout: Italian food delivery and takeout service offered across all locations through online ordering platforms.
3. Private Dining & Events: Private dining rooms, semi-private dining, and full restaurant buyouts accommodating groups from 2 to 200. Includes customized menus and dedicated service teams for business dinners, family celebrations, corporate events, and viewing parties.
4. Wine Program: Sales of estate wines produced at Fattoria Sardi (Felice Chardonnay, Sangiovese, and Rosato), as well as curated Italian wine selections by the glass and bottle.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Felice is a family-owned Tuscan-inspired Italian restaurant group operating 13+ full-service locations across New York, Connecticut, and Florida. The group offers traditional Italian cuisine with handmade pasta, an extensive Italian wine program featuring estate wines from its Fattoria Sardi vineyard in Tuscany, private dining and event spaces, delivery and takeout, and recurring programs such as Sunday Supper and Italian Happy Hour Aperitivo.

Product overview

Felice is a family-owned Tuscan-inspired Italian restaurant group operating as a single unified brand with multiple location-based sub-brands. The company offers a core dining experience across over a dozen restaurants in New York, Connecticut, and Florida, complemented by proprietary wines from their Fattoria Sardi vineyard. Additional offerings include private dining and event spaces, delivery/takeout services, and specialty programs like Sunday Supper and Italian Happy Hour Aperitivo. Individual restaurant locations (Felice 83, Felice 64, Felice 56, Felice 15 Gold, Felice Columbus, Bar Felice, Felice on Hudson, Felice Pasta Bar, Felice Montague, Felice Roslyn, Felice Port Chester, Felice Westport, Felice West Palm Beach, Felice Brickell, and Felice Flatiron) function as location-specific sub-brands with varying capacities, hours, and amenities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fattoria Sardi: The company's organic vineyard in the Tuscan countryside that produces Felice's wines including Chardonnay, Sangiovese, and Rosato.

Products and services

• Felice Restaurants (Dine-in Experience) Full-service Tuscan-inspired Italian dining with lunch, brunch, and dinner service across 13+ locations in New York, Connecticut, and Florida, offering handmade pasta, traditional Italian cuisine, and a curated wine list.
• Fattoria Sardi Estate Wines Organic estate wines produced at the Fattoria Sardi vineyard in Tuscany, including Felice Chardonnay, Sangiovese, and Rosato, sold across all Felice locations.
• Private Dining & Event Spaces Private dining rooms, semi-private dining spaces, and full restaurant buyouts accommodating groups from 2 to 200 guests, with customized menus and dedicated service teams for business dinners, corporate events, family celebrations, and viewing parties.
• Delivery & Takeout Italian food delivery and takeout service offered across all Felice locations, ordered through the company's website and third-party online ordering platforms.
• Sunday Supper Weekly Sunday dining special offering an appetizer, main course, and a glass of wine for $45 at select Felice locations, designed as a relaxed ritual for gatherings.
• Italian Happy Hour Aperitivo Italian-inspired happy hour featuring curated classic cocktails, wines by the glass, zero-proof offerings, and shareable plates inspired by traditional Italian snacks, served at select locations during bar hours.
• Bar Felice Wine and cocktail bar adjacent to Felice 83 on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, featuring Italian wines, artisanal scotch, whiskies, craft beers, Tuscan-inspired bites, and flat-screen TVs for sports viewing.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Fattoria SardicoreOthersOwned organic vineyard in northwest Tuscany producing Felice estate wines (Chardonnay, Sangiovese, Rosato). Founded over 200 years ago by the Counts of Sardi, located between the Apuane Mountains, Appennino Mountains, and Tyrrhenian Sea. Complies with European organic and biodynamic agriculture standards. While owned and operated by a local family separate from Felice restaurants, this is a vertically integrated supply relationship providing exclusive estate wines.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Marea: Two-Michelin-starred Italian fine dining restaurant in NYC known for refined pasta and seafood; comparable upscale Italian positioning and downtown power-lunch/weeknight dining crowd.
• Patroon: Upscale Midtown Manhattan Italian restaurant with private dining and corporate event focus; comparable mix of neighborhood fine dining and event-driven revenue similar to Felice's private event programs.
• Il Buco: Long-standing Italian restaurant in NoHo with a rustic-elegant dining room and curated wine list; comparable in vintage-Italian sensibility and neighborhood hospitality model to Felice.
• Caffè Storico: Refined Italian cafe and dining concept at the New York Historical Society; comparable in tiered Italian dining formats (coffee bar, casual dining, full service) at Manhattan price points.
• Sant Ambroeus: Upscale northern Italian / Tuscan-inspired restaurants with NYC locations known for elegant dining rooms, strong wine programs, and a comparable neighborhood-anchored model. Most directly comparable peer in concept and price point to Felice.
• Rezdora: Flatiron-district Italian fine dining restaurant specializing in Emilia-Romagna cuisine and hand-rolled pasta; direct competitor for upscale Italian reservations in the same NYC neighborhood as Felice Flatiron.
• Bottino: Northern Italian trattoria in Chelsea with an established wine list and private dining focus; comparable trattoria-style Italian dining and event hosting in Manhattan.
• Carbone (Major Food Group): High-end Italian-American restaurant in Greenwich Village from Major Food Group, operating at a similar price point and Italian-dining prestige tier to Felice in NYC; competes for the same special-occasion neighborhood diner.
• Quality Italian: Modern upscale Italian restaurant on Park Avenue South; competes in the same midtown/Flatiron Italian prix-fixe and special-occasion segment as Felice.

Broad incumbents

• Eataly: Italian dining marketplace with multiple NYC-area locations combining retail, counters, and full-service restaurants; broader Italian-themed food-and-beverage platform that overlaps with Felice's Italian hospitality positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Felice.NewYorkCity
• Instagraminstagram.com/felice.restaurants
• Xx.com/felice_nyc

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles21 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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