I love really good Italian food.  For the past several years, I have been driving by this unassuming restaurant on the corner of a shopping plaza at State Road 70 in Bradenton.  I don’t know why I never went in.  Several of my friends recommended Cipriano Cucina.  Last Sunday, a friend and I decided to give it a try.  It was a birthday celebration!

Oh, what a find!  The restaurant is very spacious, with lots of room between the tables.  There is also a great bar that seats thirty-eight people.  It turns out that our server, Heather, is one of the owners with her husband, Stephen.  I will talk about Stephen a few paragraphs down in this story.