Hospitality runs deep in the veins of Marco Zannoni, one of the partners of Garage Buona Forchetta, who started working in his hometown of Rimini, Italy as a bartender at the age of 14. Near the beach, his town was filled with tourists and exuded a hospitable culture, comparable to Coronado.

With its nostalgic garage décor, it’s hard not to love the now successful Garage Buona Forchetta restaurant, which had an auspicious start, opening its doors just a week before the pandemic shut down the world. Quickly pivoting, their strategy was not to focus on making money, but to embrace the community, helping people get quality food at a reasonable cost.