Italian restaurant Sapore opens in Cumbria
The 60-cover restaurant includes downstairs bar area, and has so far created 18 mainly full-time jobs with Ward and Sepe recruiting to take on another dozen members of staff.
“We have been very busy with between 60 and 70 customers on weekdays and double on Saturday,” says Sepe of the restaurant's trade so far.
“People are really enjoying the quality of the food we are serving. We are getting lots of local customers, as well as some tourists.”
Sepe describes the ethos of Sapore is to serve authentic Italian food, including some of modern dishes and cooking techniques currently being used in Italy.
Items on the menu include carbonara with egg yolk, pecorino romano and smoked pancetta; risotto ai frutti di mare with arborio rice, chipirones, king prawns, mussels, clams, langoustine and sugo; and carre’ di agnello alla Romana, rack of lamb served pink with garlic and rosemary, oven baked potato and sauteed vegetables.
Meat for the menu is sourced locally from Cornvale Fine Foods of Melling.; fish comes from Kendal Fish and Seafoods and Hodgson Fish of Hartlepool; and talian ingredients are sourced from Carnevale.
Ward and Sepe are planning to launch a deli range in the new year that will be made in house for sale in the restaurant and online,.
Plans are also being prepared to create a sitting area outside Sapore.
Ward and Sepe, who both live in Windermere, also run Urban Food House in Bowness; Hooked, a seafood restaurant in Windermere; and The Estuary in Main Street, Grange-over-Sands.
