Vesuvio Restaurant

Italian Cuisine seen through the lens of the Pepe Family, who came from Napoli, stopped in Hoboken, and settled in Carmel-by-the-Sea. The menu tells their story through food with fantastic wood-burning Neapolitan pizza, classics like Eggplant Parm, and a rotating carte that highlights in-season produce from California farms. On weekends, Vesuvio erupts. Youths line up beside red velvet ropes, waiting for space at the rooftop Star Bar. The dining room is more laid-back. Couples chat with neighboring tables and compare notes on what to order from the extensive, ever-evolving menu. Vesuvio is named for the volcano that gates the Amalfi Coast, so it seems fitting you should end the night with Limoncello. Cin cin!