with the area. It reminded him of his Sicilian homeland. He also enjoyed watching his wife at work in a beauty salon and soon decided that he, too would like to become a hair stylist. (He loved the women!) After his graduation from beauty school, Vincenzo and his wife opened their first salon, located in Orange County, in 1964. Since he and Marilyn both loved to cook, they would often bring some of Vincenzo's many Italian dishes into the shop to share with their clients. Once they had tasted his authentic Sicilian meals, people couldn't get enough. In between haircuts, Vincenzo could be found cooking for clubs and hosting open houses to serve up a "little bit of homemade Sicilian heaven." Now after 25 years of styling hair and raising three children, Vincenzo finally got his dream come true - a small Italian restaurant of his own - Vincenzo's Olive Tree Ristorante Italiano. Here he prepares all the food himself the hard way - from scratch - just like he does at home. And, he will never change. Vincenzo wants to keep his restaurant small and personable so he can come out of the kitchen to talk with you - his friends and make the food you love to eat.

Vincenzo has been serving people all his life. First the feet, then the head and now, the stomach. Once you've tasted his authenic, homestyle Italian cooking, you'll be back again, and again, and again.