Meet Vincenzo Porcu | Restaurant Owner & Management

We had the good fortune of connecting with Vincenzo Porcu and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Vincenzo, can you walk us through the thought-process of starting your business?
My thought starting a business was very scared and Exide. I knew that I had a good job working as an employee , but I didn’t know if I open my own business I will make the money to pay my rent, car, etc..

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
«My name is Vincenzo Porcu as my grandfather, Vincenzo Porcu, who owned two restaurants in Sardinia. I come from Sinnai, a small town in the mountains of Cagliari. I’ve been working in the restaurant business since I was 14.

«The idea of visiting America first came to me when I was 22. Since then, I have been back and forth to NY many times until I decided to stay in LA, where I was able to have many work experiences. It was during a vacation in 2005 to Los Angeles, that ultimately persuaded me to make this my new home. I love Los Angeles and, in some ways, it reminds me of Sardinia. After working for a large family of restaurateurs, the Drago family, 4Sicilian brothers who have many places in this town, I decided to open my Carasau Sardinian Restaurant in

Culver City».

In Los Angeles, there are many Italian restaurants but they aren’t specialized in Sardinian cooking. Even though I have worked all my life in catering, I still don’t define myself as a chef but I’m the creator of the Sardinian cooking recipes you can find on the menu.

With the help of some guys who work with me and follow my directions, I prepare the dough for pizza, bread, some traditional Sardinian first courses, and many fish-based dishes. Sardinian cooking is full of traditional recipes, some specialties of our Sardinia menu are:

Culurgiones. Potato-filled Ravioli with tomato sauce, mint, and pecorino cheese

I can do anything in the restaurant from cooking serving, managing, fixing, repairing, marketing., I had one of my old employer that teach me if you want to own or run a restaurant you don’t have to depend on anybody only your self so I teach me how to work in the kitchen, pizzeria, bar etc. I do my own grocery shop i choose my products
I’m prouder to be able to stay open for the covid and I was able to stay open and give work to how needed in the time
I will love to let you know that if you have a goal in your live and you want to reach your goal you need to work harder than ever is not a joke and you will be able to reach your goal

Any places to eat or things to do that you can share with our readers? If they have a friend visiting town, what are some spots they could take them to?
I will show them the best of los angeles, i like to eat in all Italians restaurants, drink some good Californians wines, visit wineries, universal studios, Venice beach , Santa Monica, Hollywood parks ect

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
For sure My grandmother is the one that put me to work wend I was 14 years old and I’m so happy she did push me to start working as a young person, my grandfather with my same name that owned 2 restaurant in Sardinia give me the aspiration to own my own restaurant, my mother that teach me to never give up stay calm and believed in your self. My best friend Marco Fiori that help me and ask me to move and work with him in Florence were I found the opportunity to get in the united state

Website: https://carasauristorante.com/culver-city-carasau-about

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carasauristorante/?hl=en

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincenzo-porcu-35025a66/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Carasauristorante/

Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/carasau-culver-city

Other: https://localfoodeater.com/must-try-sardinian-carasau-ristorante/ https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1498922490559841 https://foodietaly.com/sardinian-restaurant/