The chef who bought a well-known restaurant in Collingswood is preparing a feast for an Italian-American Christmas tradition. Chef Michael DeLone bought Nunzio Ristorante Rustico last year from his mentor, and is bringing the tradition of "The Feast of Seven Fishes" to the Italian BYOB eatery on Restaurant Row.
Its namesake, Nunzio Patruno, was a well-known chef at Monte Carlo Living Room in Philadelphia for more than 20 years before he opened the Italian restaurant in Collingswood. DeLone had already fallen in love with food, he says, before Patruno became his mentor at Monte Carlo.
