The Undo’s Family Restaurants founding partner, who created the taste of the restaurant’s signature bread and salad dishes, was named the 2025 Italian American of the Year on Thursday by the Undo’s Upper Ohio Valley Italian Heritage Festival Board. 

Beau Catalano received the honor during a ceremonial dinner with friends, family and Italian Heritage Festival Board members at Undo’s West in St. Clairsville. As attendees enjoyed the same bread and salad dishes Catalano helped create, Catalano recalled when he was told he was nominated for the award.