If you wanted to call Cibo Trattoria “Paul’s 2.0,” you wouldn’t be far off. Risen out of the ashes of Paul’s Fine Italian Dining, Cibo features the chef, sous-chef and longtime manager of Paul’s, along with many of the same Italian dishes served at Paul’s for more than 30 years in Winston-Salem.
Paul’s, founded in 1988 on Robinhood Hood by Italian-American Paul Perello, had been struggling in recent years, most especially since Perello’s death in 2015. Perello’s widow, Marcella, and son Marcello, were last open in May and made the final decision to close permanently by the first of July.
