Sammio’s Italian Restaurant in Fayetteville has house-made red sauce favorites, quick lunch options and a family atmosphere. Louis Frangos has owned the original Hope Mills location for decades. He opened the Raeford Road location in 2004 and sold it to Sarah and James Whiteaker four years later. 

Sarah, 37, grew up in Fayetteville. James, 39, is a Wisconsin native who came to Fayetteville to study golf management at Methodist University.    But, he doesn't get to golf much anymore, Sarah said, he's too busy being a dad and running the restaurant.