Consiglio's Restaurant

What Consiglio's Restaurant does

Consiglio's Restaurant is a privately-held, family-owned Italian restaurant operating a single location at 165 Wooster Street in New Haven, Connecticut's historic Little Italy neighborhood. Founded in 1938 by Annunziata and Salvatore Consiglio after immigrating from Amalfi, Italy, the business is now in its third generation of family operation under Trish Consiglio Perrotti and her husband Dave. The restaurant serves traditional Italian cuisine made from family recipes passed down for generations, with lunch service on Fridays and dinner service Wednesday through Saturday, supplemented by a seasonal outdoor patio.

The company's product portfolio centers on dine-in full-service Italian dining, with ancillary revenue from online takeout ordering through consigliostogo.com, gift cards ($25–$500 denominations), cooking classes ($85 per person for a four-course demonstration, $95 for the cocktail-pairing variant), and periodic special events. The underlying technology stack is intentionally light: a Squarespace-hosted website, OpenTable for reservation management, and Square for gift card payment processing. There is no proprietary technology, mobile application, or AI component; the business is operationally traditional.

Consiglio's go-to-market is direct-to-consumer and place-based, relying on its 85+ year heritage, regional recognition as a top-rated Italian restaurant in Connecticut, and word-of-mouth. No franchise, multi-location, or institutional expansion is indicated. Customer segments are horizontal — local diners, families, couples, visitors, and food enthusiasts — with no disclosed B2B or institutional customer base. Pricing is not publicly disclosed on the menu, while structured add-on experiences (classes, events, cocktail flights) carry transparent per-person pricing of $15–$95.

Name

Consiglio's Restaurant

Legal name

Consiglio's Restaurant

Website

https://consigliosrestaurant.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1938

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Consiglio's Restaurant is a third-generation, family-owned Italian restaurant in New Haven's Little Italy, founded in 1938 by immigrants from Amalfi, Italy. It serves traditional family-recipe cuisine via dine-in, takeout, cooking classes, and gift cards to local diners and visitors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Italian Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Ethnic & Regional Cuisine Restaurants (THAFACAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Brasseries, Bistros & Trattorias (THAFACAI)

Keywords

• Italian restaurant dining
• Authentic Italian cuisine
• Cooking class experiences
• Takeout and delivery
• Family-style hospitality

Headquarters

HQ city

New Haven

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Restaurant Service: Full-service Italian restaurant offering authentic Italian cuisine made from family recipes. Revenue generated from food and beverage sales during dine-in service.
2. Takeout and Online Ordering: Online ordering through consigliostogo.com for takeout orders, generating revenue from food sales without dine-in service.
3. Cooking Classes: Four-course cooking demonstrations led by Chef Ray Gennaro and occasionally Chef Angelo Durante. Priced at $85 per person including dinner, demonstration, and recipe booklet. Beverages, tax, and gratuity not included.
4. Gift Cards: Digital and physical gift certificates sold through Square, available in denominations from $25 to $500.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Consiglio's Restaurant is a family-owned Italian restaurant offering full-service dine-in authentic Italian cuisine made from family recipes originating in Amalfi, Italy, served at a single location on Wooster Street in New Haven, CT. Beyond dine-in service, the restaurant provides online takeout ordering, in-restaurant cooking classes, special ticketed events, and gift cards purchased through Square.

Product overview

Consiglio's Restaurant is a family-owned Italian restaurant offering a portfolio of hospitality services centered around authentic Italian dining. The core offering is dine-in restaurant services featuring homemade Italian cuisine using traditional family recipes, complemented by online ordering for takeout. Additional revenue streams include cooking classes (a four-course demonstration experience with Chef Ray Gennaro), special events (Groovy Holiday Fest, The Great Party), and retail gift cards. The restaurant also offers outdoor patio dining with seasonal heating and cocktail pairing experiences featuring partner The Plant Shop of Vermont.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dine-In Restaurant Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Best pasta in Connecticut - Lasagna recognized as best pasta in the state
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Plant Shop (Vermont)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerVermont-based provider of natural cocktail elixirs used during cooking classes. Cocktail pairings feature elixirs from Sylva at The Plant Shop, including dandelion, blackberry, peach saffron, and other natural flavors.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana: Frank Pepe is a famous New Haven pizzeria serving coal-fired Italian pizza with multiple locations. Comparable as a Connecticut-based Italian restaurant brand with regional name recognition, though focused on pizza rather than full-service dining.
• Modern Apizza: Modern Apizza is a New Haven Italian pizza institution competing for the same Italian dining market in New Haven. Comparable as a long-established regional Italian restaurant brand.
• Bricco Ristorante: Bricco is an upscale Italian restaurant in the Connecticut market offering a comparable experience of artisanal Italian cuisine. Comparable as a regional Italian dining operator, though outside New Haven.
• Sally's Apizza: Sally's Apizza is a historic New Haven pizzeria with Italian-American heritage and a similar family/legacy backstory. Comparable as a regional Connecticut Italian dining brand with comparable awareness and casual Italian positioning.

Direct peers

• Tre Scalini Ristorante: Tre Scalini is a long-standing Italian restaurant on Wooster Street in New Haven's Little Italy, operating in the same neighborhood and competing for the same romantic Italian dining and special occasion traffic.
• Zinc New Haven: Zinc is an upscale restaurant in New Haven offering chef-driven cuisine with European influences. Comparable as a comparable-scale, ambitious independent restaurant in the same downtown New Haven dining market.
• Olio Restaurant & Bar: Olio is an Italian restaurant and bar in New Haven serving contemporary Italian cuisine. Directly comparable as a same-market Italian full-service operator competing for similar dining occasions.
• Roia Restaurant: Roia is a New Haven Italian restaurant offering fine Italian dining in a similarly intimate, chef-driven setting. Directly comparable as a local Italian competitor in the same New Haven dining market targeting similar customer segments.
• Skappo Italian Restaurant: Skappo is an Italian restaurant in New Haven serving regional Italian cuisine with a craft beverage focus. Comparable as a full-service Italian dining operator targeting similar urban New Haven diners.

Others

• Consiglio's Kitchen (gift/specialty products): Comparable specialty Italian retail/food product brands (e.g., Rao's Specialty Foods, Il Pastaio) that have evolved from restaurant heritage into branded retail products. Illustrative of the wholesale/CPG expansion pathway available to Consiglio's.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/consiglio's-restaurant

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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