The Washington Post

At Masseria, a young gun salutes his mentors with a fancy feast

Tom Sietsema

Masseria is best known as a fashionable destination for the refined Italian cooking of Nicholas Stefanelli. Since March, however, the restaurant near Union Market has been offering patrons a choice between the owner’s menu and a seven-course spread paying tribute to chefs, past and present, who have helped put Washington on the food map.

Enter the deliciousness of Yannick Cam, Nora Pouillon, Gerard Pangaud, the much-missed Jean-Louis Palladin and other admired talents — “people who have served as an inspiration in my career,” says Stefanelli, who also watches over Officina at the Wharf.

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