Page 13 - Minister Otmar Oduber
P. 13
LOCAL A13
Tuesday 22 December 2015
Davide Bugatti, Owner Eataly Aruba Authentic Italian
Street-Food: “I Want to Fulfill the Need of the Local”
NADIEN PHILLIP environment was touristic, I lasagna at my place, with it. This makes it easier to proach to the truck. Some
www.bondia24.com didn’t feel like I was in Aru- the same quality.” After manage, he said. locals like it and some local
Special to Aruba Today ba. The idea that started Mr. Bugatti gained experi- prefer to go somewhere
ORANJESTAD - During an Eataly Aruba was to work ence working with Amore Mobile truck else.”
interview with Davide Bu- with the local community Mio with 14 -16 employees, Another reason for opening Tony Ianonne (37) co own-
gatti (35) owner of Eataly and serve the quality food he decided that he no lon- the food truck is because er of Eataly Aruba is a long
Aruba, he explained us to the local community, so ger wants a place with so its mobile and “event time friend of Mr. Bugatti,
about the concept, mis- the locals don’t have to many employees. A truck friendly”. We can take the and is settled in Aruba for 6
sion and vision of his place, go to eat 30 dollars lasa- is something that can be truck anywhere making it months now. Before he de-
but also of challenges gna in the restaurant, but done with two partners, 2 a mobile restaurant, Mr. cided to come live here he
bringing a new concept they can eat a 10 dollar or 3 employees and that’s Bugatti Said. Eataly was came for vacation twice
on the Island. a part of different events and always helped his
Mr. Bugatti comes from It- throughout the year like friend around. During these
aly and he came to Aruba the Aruba Summer Music trips, because the truck
6 years ago when he meet Festival, Love Festival and had just been opened, he
a special Lady. “Before I Electric Festival. checked the potential of
didn’t know what Aruba the truck. “Seeing the po-
was, and I didn’t know Existence tential of the truck on the
about the Dutch Caribbe- The “Eataly Aruba” project Island I decided to let ev-
an Islands. But after I have started in 2013 and then erything go in Italy where
been here I felt the need it stopped for 8 months. I had a good job, car and
to come here and to make It started back in 2014 house. I had a good life
a life and a family as well.” with new partnership and but it became an every-
with a more serious proj- day routine so I chose to
Development of the con- ect, so Eataly Aruba has change my life and come
cept been open now for 1 year here, Mr. Ianonne said.”
So six years ago when he straight everyday of the
came here he started year. Future plans
working for Confessions “For the future plans we
where he was a manager The biggest challenge Mr. should have already
and then opened the piz- Bugatti said opening the opened another con-
zeria Amore Mio. When Mr. truck was to win the local cept of street food in Palm
Bugatti got to know the Is- community with a product Beach, something right in
land and how everything that never existed. “We between a food truck and
works he said that he start- were sure about the quality a restaurant serving Ital-
ed implementing some of the product; it is very fa- ian food. We had some
ideas that he was having. mous in Italy. But at the be- problem with permits, but
ginning we were too Italian we should open next year.
Gap in the market for Aruba, now we try to We will still offering our top
Mr. Bugatti started renting give an international ap- quality food in a more
event supplies and then gourmet way. More of our
he got the Idea of the Au- future projects include ex-
thentic Italian Street-food. panding our activity with
According to Mr. Bugatti brands of Italian products,
he saw a gap in this market Italian kitchen lessons and
on the Island about food we have also a big project
at night. “The mission I had for a new kind of restaurant
was to bring quality food but that is 2017.Keeping in
for especially late night mind the good reputation
hours. This is why I chose of my good friend and
to open a food truck and partner, Mr. Ianonne Add-
not a restaurant. You can ed.
open another restaurant The truck is building a re-
and try to fill the need of ally good reputation and
the tourists, but i wanted in fact the food truck is just
to fulfill the need of the lo- the beginning, we think a
cals. Opening Amore Mio i lot bigger.
worked everyday just with
tourists and because the Continued on Page 15
