Coco’s West Italian Restaurant is a family-owned restaurant in Belle Meade, Tennessee. We focus on an authentic Italian style that is always made from scratch and we are one of the best pizza restaurants in town.
My Parents, Grandfather and Uncle all owned Italian restaurants in the Albany, NY area. They were very popular for decades. In fact my Parents' restaurant is still open after 55 years. My Grandmother Lucia's recipes were the driving force of their success and my mother Joan is here six days a week to make sure that the DiCocco recipes are consistent here at Coco's today. If you go to Coco's Italian Market's YouTube channel you can see old videos of my families restaurants.
Grazie e a presto ~ Chuck Cinelli
Our Family is from the Campania and Lazio regions between Naples and Rome. I remember hearty pasta dishes with fresh herbs and vegetables out of their large gardens. They loved olives, thick crusted breads, lamb dishes and we grew grapes to make homemade wine. Holiday breads, cakes, rice and ham pies were eagerly anticipated every season too.
Back at the restaurant my mother Lucy always insisting on the freshest ingredients from the colorful local purveyors; Giavani the fish man, Pat at the produce stand, Giorgio the butcher and Giuseppe who supplied us with imports from Italy. And of course I remember the long hours in the restaurant both in the front and back of the house.
A favorite from our old restaurants that we do today is our Meatballs and the Manaste (greens and beans) and I'm glad we get to use a lot of the same imports we used years ago in the dishes here today.
Buon appetito. ~ Joan Cinelli
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Directly From UsCarry OutDeliveryWe have been to the other Coco's location so we had to try this one too. Absolutely spectacular. We had an amazing server who was taking care of basically half of the restaurant and still doing a great job. The food was delicious, very good explanations of what bubbles would match our tastes. As always we will be back
I love this place. If I lived on this side of town, I would be here constantly. The food has always been excellent, and the service great. You can tell a place by the way it handles mess ups, and they did it correctly. Always admit and give a little extra. Well done, guys!! Best margaritas I have ever had!
Excellent service for this evening of leisure. My friend and I met for a coffee and dessert and I suggested Coco's as they have awesome desserts! We ordered Tiramisu and a cannoli - both lived up to the hype! We plan on coming back for brunch after reading the description of Brunch Lasagna. Yummy.
I went there one evening with my husband, daughter and grandchildren. The atmosphere was one of a friendly neighborhood dining- the menu had much to choose from - we enjoyed our meals! Highly recommend you giving Coco's West Italian a try!
