Da Vinci’s Italian Grill is located at one end of a long strip center off U.S. 1 in Port St. Lucie. Cars idled at the curb as the owners dashed in for their pizza orders. The sign on the window proclaims, “Established 1981,” which is definitely something. Naturally, I was curious.

The restaurant was founded on the Treasure Coast over 40 years ago by the Feola family. Anthony and Dominic still run the restaurant, which was started by their father and named after the ship that brought him from Italy to America.