https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/ 2026-09-19 monthly 1.0 https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/our-story/ 2026-09-19 yearly 0.9 https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/vespaio-front-room-wine-shelves.jpg Our Story https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/menu/ 2026-09-19 yearly 0.9 https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/set-table-handmade-pasta-window.jpg The Menu, Archived https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/pansoti-di-zucca-sage-brown-butter-walnuts.jpg Pansoti filled with butternut squash — walnuts, brown butter, sage, grana padano. https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/beef-carpaccio-arugula-parmigiano.jpg Peeler Ranch wagyu beef carpaccio with horseradish dijon and crispy capers. https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/burrata-with-grilled-bread-and-arugula.jpg Burrata filled with rosemary ricotta, with arugula and grilled ciabatta. https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/tuna-tartare-with-endive.jpg Pesce crudo — chopped bigeye tuna with endive and olive tapenade. https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/tuna-crudo-with-crostini-and-lemon.jpg The same dish plated for the dining room, with grilled ciabatta. https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/cacio-e-pepe.jpg Spaghetti cacio e pepe — black pepper and pecorino pepato, nothing else. https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/clams-in-white-wine-broth.jpg Clams in white wine — the kitchen ran them through bucatini and the cioppino alike. https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/risotto-del-giorno.jpg Risotto del giorno, finished with a reduction. https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/saltimbocca-with-greens.jpg Saltimbocca with greens — from an earlier menu, before the final card was set. https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/grating-cheese-over-pizza-dough.jpg Pizza dough at the pass, on its way to the wood oven. https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/from-scratch/ 2026-09-19 yearly 0.8 https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/wood-fired-brick-oven.jpg The From-Scratch Kitchen https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/timeline/ 2026-09-19 yearly 0.8 https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/vespaio-bar-and-wine-wall.jpg Timeline: 1998–2026 https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/gallery/ 2026-09-19 yearly 0.8 https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/full-dining-room-and-open-kitchen.jpg Photo Gallery https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/vespaio-exterior-south-congress.jpg The front on South Congress at dusk — the PIZZA and PASTA lettering was a landmark on that block for decades. Vespaio's storefront on South Congress Avenue in the evening, with PIZZA and PASTA lettered on the windows https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/vespaio-dining-room.jpg The dining room, looking towards the open kitchen. The Vespaio dining room with wooden tables and the open kitchen visible at the back https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/vespaio-front-room-wine-shelves.jpg The front room. The wine list doubled as the wall covering. The front room at Vespaio with green walls and wine bottles shelved to the ceiling https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/full-dining-room-and-open-kitchen.jpg A full house — the buzz the restaurant was named for. A full Vespaio dining room with guests at every table and cooks working in the open kitchen https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/vespaio-bar-and-wine-wall.jpg The bar, where the happy hour regulars sat from five o'clock. The bar at Vespaio with bottles shelved behind it and a bowl of lemons on the counter https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/red-banquette-dining-nook.jpg The back nook, red banquette and all. A private dining nook at Vespaio with a red striped banquette and a mounted deer head above https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/wood-fired-brick-oven.jpg The wood oven ran through every service for twenty-seven years. A wood-fired brick oven with flames burning inside https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/grating-cheese-over-pizza-dough.jpg Dough at the pass, seconds before it went to the fire. A hand grating cheese over a raw round of pizza dough dusted with flour https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/set-table-handmade-pasta-window.jpg Set for service, under the window lettering. A table set with glassware in front of a window lettered hand made pasta and wood fired pizza https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/dining-table-by-the-front-window.jpg The window tables, before the room filled. A dining table by the front window at Vespaio with plates set out and a plant nearby https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/pansoti-di-zucca-sage-brown-butter-walnuts.jpg Pansoti filled with butternut squash — walnuts, brown butter, sage. Pansoti pasta in sage brown butter with walnuts on a white plate https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/beef-carpaccio-arugula-parmigiano.jpg Peeler Ranch wagyu beef carpaccio with horseradish dijon and crispy capers. Beef carpaccio topped with arugula and shaved Parmigiano https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/burrata-with-grilled-bread-and-arugula.jpg Burrata filled with rosemary ricotta, with arugula and grilled ciabatta. Burrata with grilled bread and arugula on a white plate https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/fresh-pasta-and-burrata-on-the-table.jpg Two courses landing at once, candle between them. Plates of fresh pasta and burrata salad on a wooden dining table lit by a candle https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/carpaccio-and-burrata-table-setting.jpg Antipasti, family style. Carpaccio and burrata plated side by side on a dark wooden table https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/tuna-crudo-with-crostini-and-lemon.jpg Pesce crudo — chopped bigeye tuna, olive tapenade, grilled ciabatta. Tuna crudo with crostini and lemon wedges on a white plate https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/tuna-tartare-with-endive.jpg The same crudo plated with endive. Tuna tartare plated with endive leaves on a dark wooden surface https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/clams-in-white-wine-broth.jpg Clams in white wine — bucatini con vongole used topneck clams. A bowl of littleneck clams in white wine broth beside a glass of white wine https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/cacio-e-pepe.jpg Spaghetti cacio e pepe — black pepper and pecorino pepato. Cacio e pepe in a shallow white bowl with rosemary alongside https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/risotto-del-giorno.jpg Risotto del giorno — taleggio risotto, finished with a reduction. A bowl of risotto finished with a dark reduction, beside a glass of white wine https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/saltimbocca-with-greens.jpg Saltimbocca — a dish from an earlier menu, before the final card. Saltimbocca plated with dark greens and a roasted lemon half https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/steaming-plate-of-fresh-pasta.jpg Straight off the pass, still steaming. A steaming plate of freshly cooked pasta on a dark table https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/sliced-steak-plated-on-the-pass.jpg On the pass — butcher's cuts going out. Sliced steak being plated on the kitchen pass with more plates behind https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/cocktail-and-red-wine-by-candlelight.jpg A cocktail and a glass of red against the stone. A cocktail and a glass of red wine on a table beside a candle against a stone wall https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/vespaio-script-on-the-window-at-night.jpg The script on the glass, lit from inside. The Vespaio script logo painted on a window, lit from inside at night https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/chef-ryan-samson-in-the-kitchen.jpg Ryan Samson, who ran the kitchen from 2002 and co-owned the restaurant from 2018. Chef Ryan Samson in the Vespaio kitchen wearing a chef's coat and cap https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/texas-farm-rows-of-produce.jpg The other half of the story: Texas farms the restaurant bought from for years. Rows of leafy greens growing in a Texas farm field under a blue sky https://www.vespaiorestaurant.com/images/chapulin-cantina-logo.jpg Chapulín Cantina, the sister restaurant next door from 2022, which closed on the same day. 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