Much anticipated, casual fine dining Italian restaurant opens in Warner Robins
Brother and sister Christian and Monica Torres quietly opened the doors last week to their casual fine dining Italian restaurant in Warner Robins.
Fresco Italiano at 1208 Russell Parkway is the second location of this popular Tifton restaurant with their lunch and dinner rotating menus expected to be tweaked to reflect what locals here most like, Christian Torres said.
“We’re just so very glad to be here and look forward to becoming part of the Warner Robins community,” he said. “We have found everyone here to be very friendly.”
They opened their Warner Robins restaurant to friends and family Wednesday and then to the general public Thursday.
The soft opening gave their restaurant team time to learn the ropes. Also, the restaurant just received its alcohol license Friday, and Torres hopes to be fully stocked this week.
The cuisine
The family owned and operated restaurant naturally offers antipasto, the traditional first course before sitting down to an Italian meal, that includes salads, mussels and artisanal cheese and meats.
Many of their pasta dishes such as lasagna, spaghettini, lobster ravioli and fettuccine alfredo can one be found on both the lunch and dinner menus.
Steak choices also are available on both menus. Their 100% black Angus steak is hand cut in house and aged 28 days.
Some dinner options currently offered include lobster and shrimp linguine, chicken piccata, eggplant Parmesan and steak such as a 16 ounce ribeye, a 16 to 20 ounce New York steak and an 8 ounce filet.
An Italian panini, hamburger steak Marsala, meatball sub and other sandwiches, burgers and paninis are currently only on the lighter lunch menu.
Saturday brunch options include bruschetta classica, french toast, shrimp and grits, Fresco’s chicken sandwich and chicken kabobs.
The menus are also tweaked to include seasonal dishes, Torres said.
The restaurant offers a full-service bar, a wine-tasting bar, a charcuterie bar and a dessert bar.
The Torres family opened their first Fresco Italiano in Sylvester and later relocated the restaurant to Tifton.
Initial operating hours are 11 a.m. to 2:00 p.m for lunch and 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. for dinner Monday through Thursday. The same hours for Friday and Saturday except the restaurant is open an hour longer for dinner on those days.
The restaurant also offers a Saturday brunch in addition to its rotating lunch and dinner menus and eventually is expected to also be open on Sundays to include brunch.
This story was originally published May 31, 2022 at 5:00 AM.