Chef holds court at Bebo's, where the effort shows
Italian fare in informal setting — Some of Washington's most celebrated chefs were caught out recently by a Washington survey of who's likely to be in the kitchen and who's not…
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Eating Around: Donna In Exile
Sitting at the bar at Bebo Trattoria on a weeknight will prove beyond your expectation for Crystal City. If you position yourself toward the far end of the bar and look to your left, you'll see Roberto Donna working his magic behind the glass windows in the kitchen.
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The Go List 2007
While his popular Galileo restaurants undergo a yearlong renovation, chef Roberto Donna has moved to the Crystal City building formerly occupied by Jose Andres's Oyamel. Here he serves homey Italian dishes like risotto, fried mozzarella and meatballs plus popular dishes — paninis, house-made sausages, cannoli.
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Barbecue: No Longer Down-Home Southern Fare
Barbecue gets an old-fashioned Italian twist in Roberto Donna's Bebo Trattoria, which the well-known chef/restaurateur unveiled last fall. Billed as "casual Italian fare," the innovative yet traditional menu encompasses a number of grilled items.
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Changing America's view of Italian food, one plate at a time
For generations, many Americans equated Italian cooking with spaghetti and meatballs. Maybe pizza, too. But no longer. And in large part, today's Italian foodies in the Washington area have executive chef and restaurateur Roberto Donna to thank.
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Restaurant News: Dish
When Bebo Trattoria opened in Crystal City nine months ago, its design featured a pizza oven and its menu promised Neapolitan pies. In reality, diners had to bide their time until this month for the restaurant's massive brick oven to get the necessary permits and for chef Roberto Donna and crew to finally start baking (not to mention making) dough.
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A Conversation with Maireni Melo and Roberto Donna
The first annual I Love Crabcakes! event was held in May 2006. We recently caught up with last year's winner, Chef Roberto Donna at Bebo Trattoria, to see how things were going.
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Changing Spaces
The splashy but financially unsuccessful Oyamel poured its last margarita Saturday night, and chef Roberto Donna is poised to take over the space.
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Bebo Trattoria Finally Serving Pizza
Anyone who remembers the audible crackle of the crust when Julia Child and Donna sampled the pizza that he made on her TV show, "In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs," in 1985, knows that it was well worth the wait.
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Cheap Eats: Bebo Trattoria
Chef Roberto Donna has gone suburban - at least while the building housing his downtown DC Galileo undergoes renovation. At his new location — a soaring Crystal City dining room-the focus is not on the haute Italian he built his name on but on rustic cooking that feels familial.
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Bebo Trattoria: Stuffed Rigatoni with Broccoletti
What happens when you combine an Iron Chef with the dream of creating an Italian family dining experience?
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A Scorching Response to a Food Critic
Bad reviews are an occupational hazard of the restaurant business, and most chefs just bellyache or cry in their soup. Not award-winning Roberto Donna…
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100 Best Restaurants 34 — Bebo Trattoria 2 1/2 stars
Gone is the formality and seriousness of Galileo, replaced by an affable, all-day Trattoria with antipasti, freshly made pastas, and grilled meats. Not a truffle in sight.
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100 To Taste: 15 Online Exclusives
Thanks to Bebo, acclaimed chef Roberto Donna's new trattoria in Crystal City, Virginia, diners in the Washington, DC, have a place to eat panini…
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It's Iron Chef, DC-Style! The Best and Worst Moments of the Capitol Food Fight
Ten chefs. One stage. One cause. The third annual Capitol Food Fight, a fundraiser for DC Central Kitchen, held last night at the Reagan Building, pitted local chefs against each other in an Iron Chef-style cooking battle…
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Bucking the Trend
To avoid highway robbery, head to Arlington for Bebo Trattoria, the latest from Roberto Donna (of the famed Galileo), where bar menu prices start at just $1.95. (That's right, less than two bucks.)
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