A higher end Italian restaurant is coming soon to O’Fallon, Missouri. This October, Osteria Forto is slated to debut in a 3,200-square-foot space at 2509 Highway K in O’Fallon, Missouri. At the helm will be three members of the Pietoso family, names and faces that are familiar only to some local diners, but that may change soon, as the trio will be presenting familiar Italian favorites and dishes rarely (or never) seen on local menus. 

“There are very few higher-end restaurants, of any ethnicity, out this way, and Highway K is busy at all hours of the day and night,” says Dominic Pietoso, who co-owns the restaurant with his wife, Liz. Assisting them is Dominic's father, chef Fortunato Pietoso, who's known in the kitchen as Forto.