When Simona and Andrea Sarpa, a husband-and-wife team, arrived in Tampa from Naples, Italy, almost a decade ago, they brought along a high pedigree in Italian food and the high standards well established in Italian culture.

It wasn’t long before they realized that if they wanted a taste of home, they would have to do it themselves. Now, the couple is leaning on decades of restaurant experience and generations of family recipes to bring a taste of Naples, the birthplace of pizza, to the Carrollwood community.