In authentic Italian cuisine, community is perhaps the key ingredient. The best Italian recipes are often made with love, passed down by family, and steeped in old-world tradition. No one understands this more than Joseph Lafferty. Grandson of Dallas legend Pietro “Pete” Eustachio, Joseph made many childhood memories in the kitchen of Lower Greenville’s heritage establishment Pietro’s Italian Restaurant.  

“We’d do everything from helping out with the red sauce to chopping the tomatoes for the side salads,” Joseph said. “From the back of the house to the front of the house, my grandfather made sure we were well accustomed to restaurant life.”