Zeppoli

Italian Fine Dining Restaurantzeppolirestaurant.com

Zeppoli is a 35-seat BYOB Italian restaurant in Collingswood, NJ, founded in 2011 by chef Joseph Baldino, serving Sicilian-focused tasting menus at $60–$80 per person to Philadelphia-area diners in a single dinner-only location.

Company typePrivate
Founded2011
HeadquartersCollingswood, United States
Headcount1–10
GTM typeB2C
OfferingServices

What Zeppoli does

Zeppoli is a single-location, 35-seat BYOB Italian restaurant in Collingswood, New Jersey, operating in the greater Philadelphia dining market. Founded in 2011 by chef-owner Joseph Baldino — a Vetri Ristorante alumnus — the restaurant is positioned as a chef-driven Sicilian-focused concept, with the menu expressed primarily through multi-course tasting formats priced at $60–$80 per person. Service is dinner-only, six evenings per week (Wednesday through Monday, closed Tuesdays), and the operation runs with a lean staff of seven.

The business model is straightforward independent fine-dining: revenue is generated almost entirely through on-premise dinner sales, supplemented in recent years by digital gift cards and ancillary brand revenue from chef Baldino's 2020 Sicilian cookbook. Distribution is direct-to-diner, with bookings managed through the Resy platform and customer acquisition supported by an active social media presence on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. There is no technology product, proprietary platform, or data asset underpinning the business; the core deliverable is the in-restaurant dining experience and the chef's culinary execution.

The company is a privately held, owner-operated independent restaurant with no subsidiaries, no outside funding, and no disclosed franchise or licensing activity. Strategic posture since founding has been to deepen brand equity and culinary reputation within a fixed physical footprint rather than to scale units, channels, or geography.

Zeppoli firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Zeppoli
Legal name: Zeppoli
Website: https://zeppolirestaurant.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2011
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 1–10 employees
Short description: Zeppoli is a 35-seat BYOB Italian restaurant in Collingswood, NJ, founded in 2011 by chef Joseph Baldino, serving Sicilian-focused tasting menus at $60–$80 per person to Philadelphia-area diners in a single dinner-only location.
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Zeppoli industry classification

Industry

Product category: Italian Fine Dining Restaurant
NAICS: Limited-Service Restaurants (722513)
SIC: Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)
akta.pro industry: PRIMARYTHAFACAI
Brasseries, Bistros & Trattorias
Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Full-Service Restaurants (Casual & Fine Dining)

Keywords

Italian fine dining
BYOB restaurant
Sicilian cuisine
Tasting menu
Date night dining

Where Zeppoli is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Collingswood
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

Zeppoli business model

Business model

GTM type: B2C
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

Dine-in Restaurant Service: Zeppoli generates revenue through table-service dining, offering multi-course tasting menus priced at $60-$80 per person. The restaurant is BYOB (Bring Your Own Bottle), meaning alcoholic beverages are not sold but consumed from bottles guests bring themselves. The intimate 35-seat capacity creates a limited, high-touch dining experience with limited covers per service.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Unit Pricing	Pay-as-you-go	3-course pasta dinner
Unit Pricing	Pay-as-you-go	3-course meat/fish dinner
Unit Pricing	Pay-as-you-go	4-course premium dinner

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Zeppoli product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Zeppoli is a 35-seat BYOB Italian restaurant in Collingswood, NJ serving classic Italian cuisine with a strong Sicilian focus. The core offering is a multi-course tasting menu priced $60–$80 per person, alongside à la carte antipasti, homemade and imported pastas, grilled/roasted meats and fish, and house-made desserts and gelati, all consumed on-premise in an intimate, reservation-only setting.

Product overview

Zeppoli is a single-location BYOB Italian restaurant offering Sicilian-focused cuisine. The restaurant operates as one unified dining establishment providing à la carte and tasting menu experiences. The main offering includes antipasti, homemade and imported pastas, grilled or roasted meats, and fish entrees, along with house-made desserts and gelati. A tasting menu is available in 3-course ($60-$70) and 4-course ($80) configurations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Zeppoli Tasting Menu (3-course pasta)
Zeppoli Tasting Menu (3-course meat/fish)
Zeppoli Tasting Menu (4-course premium)
Zeppoli A la Carte Menu (Antipasti, Pasta, Meat/Fish, Desserts and Gelati)
Zeppoli Gift Cards

Companies that use Zeppoli

Customer profile

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Zeppoli technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Zeppoli partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

ResycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerResy is the restaurant's primary reservation platform. The website prominently features 'Book your Zeppoli reservation on Resy' with a direct link. When Resy shows no availability, the website instructs customers to call the restaurant directly as other times may be available.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Zeppoli competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Osteria Philadelphia: Vetri-family Italian restaurant in Philadelphia offering handmade pasta and Italian small plates. Comparable as a Philadelphia-anchored Italian fine-dining concept with Vetri pedigree lineage, similar ingredient-driven menu philosophy, and comparable dinner-only positioning.
Vetri Ristorante: Philadelphia-based Italian fine dining restaurant where Zeppoli's chef/owner Joseph Baldino rose to Chef de Cuisine. Directly comparable as an intimate, high-end Italian/Sicilian-influenced tasting-menu concept in the same metro, with a comparable BYOB-adjacent ethos and similar price-point positioning.
Salento Restaurant Philadelphia: Philadelphia Italian BYOB restaurant focused on Puglian cuisine. Comparable as a small-format Philadelphia Italian BYOB with a regional-Italian culinary focus parallel to Zeppoli's Sicilian emphasis, and similar intimate dining positioning.
Modo Mio Philadelphia: Philadelphia Northern Italian BYOB restaurant in the Italian Market area. Directly comparable as a small, intimate, BYOB Italian restaurant in the same metro with similar price-point and casual-elegant dining format.
Will BYOB: Intimate Philadelphia BYOB tasting-menu restaurant. Directly comparable on BYOB model, tasting-menu structure, small seating capacity, and high-end chef-driven positioning, though menu orientation is contemporary American rather than Italian.

Emerging players

Misi: Missy Robbins' more casual pasta-focused concept in Brooklyn. Comparable as a chef-pedigreed, handmade-pasta Italian restaurant with a contemporary New-World Italian sensibility, positioned below Lilia but above typical casual Italian.

Broad incumbents

Osteria Mozza: Celebrated Nancy Silverton Italian fine dining concept in Los Angeles. Comparable as a high-end Italian restaurant with premium pricing, handmade pasta emphasis, and chef-driven identity, though it operates at a larger scale and includes full beverage service.
Carbone: Mario Carbone's high-end Italian-American restaurant in Greenwich Village, NYC. Comparable as a chef-pedigreed, premium-priced Italian fine dining concept with strong brand recognition and old-world aesthetic, though at materially higher price points and national brand profile.
Lilia: Missy Robbins' pasta-focused Italian restaurant in Brooklyn, NY. Comparable as a chef-driven, ingredient-forward Italian restaurant with handmade pasta emphasis, premium positioning, and similar New/Old World Italian culinary philosophy.

Regional players

Sbraga & Co: Philadelphia fine dining restaurant by chef Kevin Sbraga offering tasting-menu experiences. Comparable as a small-format, chef-driven, tasting-menu Philadelphia concept with a similar premium price-point and intimate dining format, although culinary focus is American rather than Italian.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Zeppoli financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Zeppoli leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Zeppoli funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

Zeppoli M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

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

Frequently asked questions about Zeppoli

What does Zeppoli do?

Is Zeppoli a public or private company?

Zeppoli is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was Zeppoli founded?

Zeppoli was founded in 2011. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is Zeppoli based?

Zeppoli is headquartered in Collingswood, United States, in the North America region.

How does Zeppoli make money?

One revenue line is on record: dine-in Restaurant Service.

Who are Zeppoli's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Osteria Philadelphia, Vetri Ristorante, Salento Restaurant Philadelphia, Modo Mio Philadelphia and Will BYOB. Misi is listed as an emerging player. Broad incumbents are Osteria Mozza, Carbone and Lilia. Sbraga & Co is listed as a regional player.

Does Zeppoli have an API?

No public API is recorded for Zeppoli.

What industry is Zeppoli in?

Zeppoli's product category is Italian Fine Dining Restaurant. Its primary akta.pro industry code is THAFACAI, Brasseries, Bistros & Trattorias. Its NAICS code is 722513 and its SIC code is 5810.