by Steve DeVane Staff

Tell us about your place: Adam Valenti's family moved to Moore County from Long Island, New York, in 1987. His father opened a restaurant in Vass but sold it six years later. He saw the need for quality Italian food in the area, so he bought some land about a half mile away and built Valenti's in 1996.

The restaurant imports all of its ingredients, with about 90 percent coming from Italy and most of the rest coming from New York. Some of the recipes have been handed down from the family. All of the dishes are made from scratch, including spaghetti sauce, pastas, dough for the pizza, desserts and soups.

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