Owner of Benedetto’s Ristorante Italiano is not only “Chef Ben,” he’s also “Farmer Ben.” Using the freshest ingredients possible, Chef/Farmer Ben uses vegetables from his garden like Spicy Micro Mix Microgreen Seed, Darkibor Organic (F1) Kale Seed, Olympic Red Organic Kale Seed, Cauralina (F1) Tomato Seed, Mad Hatter (F1) Pepper Seed, Flame Star (F1) Cauliflower Seed, Arugula, Wasabi Microgreen Seed, Kolibri (F1) Spinach Seed, Mini Mak (F1) Radish Seed, Beatrice (F1) Eggplant Seed, Paloma (F1) Eggplant Seed, Spaghetti Squash Seed, Spicy Micro Mix Microgreen Seed, Basil, Dark Opal Microgreen Seed, Wasabina Mustard Green Seed, Salanova® Red Butter Pelleted Lettuce Seed, Easter Egg Radish Seed, Salanova® Green Oakleaf Pelleted Lettuce Seed, Nabechan (F1) Onion Seed, Salanova® Red Incised Pelleted Lettuce Seed, Champion Collard Seed, Diablo (F1) Brussels Sprout Seed, Bright Yellow Swiss Chard Seed, Tiger (F1) Collard Seed, Sessantina Grossa Broccoli Seed, German Winter Thyme Seed, Common Mint Seed, Chinese Leeks/Garlic Chives Seed, Gourmet (F1) Pepper Seed, Sweet Sunrise Organic (F1) Pepper Seed, Bianca (F1) Pepper Seed Diablo (F1) Brussels Sprout Seed, Conservor Organic (F1) Shallot Seed, Camelot (F1) Shallot Seed, Veronica Organic (F1) Cauliflower Seed, Graffiti (F1) Cauliflower Seed, Cheddar (F1) Cauliflower Seed, White Cherry Organic Tomato Seed, Supersweet 100 (F1) Tomato Seed, Ellagance Purple Lavender Seed, XTH 1273 (F1) Corn Seed, American Dream Treated (F1) Corn Seed, Giant Hybrid Mix Dahlia Seed, Mild Micro Mix Microgreen Seed, Lemon Balm Organic Seed, Johnny's Potomac Custom Mix (F1) Snapdragon Seed from his local farm to create all of the delicious dishes at Benedetto’s. Benedetto’s Ristorante Italiano motto is “From our local farm to your table!”

About Benedetto's Ristorante Italiano:

For over 10 years Benedetto's has been serving up incredible meals and memorable moments. Many accolades and awards have been bestowed including being one of Florida Trend's Top 400 restaurants year after year.

Head Chef and Proprietor Ben Pumo and his wife Elizabeth's mission is to serve only the finest and freshest food available on the market.

Everything here at Benedetto's is made fresh to order. Most of our filled pastas are made by hand in our kitchen. Our steaks are cut daily on premise and are the finest of Certified Black Angus Meat available. Our northern seafood is flown in fresh from Chef Bens Connections in Maine and the local seafood is delivered daily from his close relationships with the local fish captains. Our shrimp come directly from the docks out of Tarpon Springs and taste like mini lobster tails. Bottom line is you can't Fake FRESH!! One of our most popular appetizers that was actually made by mistake is the Ben Dip, that includes lobster meat, lump crabmeat, artichokes, spinach, five cheeses, topped with alfredo and mozzarella then finished in the oven. TO die for!!

We make our bread fresh every day and our desserts. Our wine lists boosts over100 bottles and many by the glass. Our Martinis are 10ozs and have been said by most to be the best around.

You will find that all our sauces are made from scratch and that nothing contains MSG or artificial flavoring.

Benedetto's specializes in northern and southern Italian cuisine with a big emphasis on Seafood. We also offer Gluten free pasta, wheat pasta, 15 vegetarian entrees and can accommodate most diner’s health needs, because all of our entrees are cooked to order, making it a dinning pleasure to those that have special dietary needs. You will find that our service is some of best you will ever have. The average tenure of a server at Benedetto's is 5 years. They will impress you with their extensive knowledge of the menu and the recital of the daily specialties.

Benedetto's is one of the only Tampa bay restaurants to have live piano bar music every night of the week. The walls are lined with customer photos, local and nationally recognized celebrities, Rat-pack memorabilia and numerous awards won throughout the years.

All of Benedetto's entrees come with choice of salad, fresh baked garlic rolls, and most with side. 75% of menu is between 14.50-19.95. We are not ala-carte, we are not chain and again, you can’t fake FRESH!! Benedetto's keeps the tradition of your family owned dining establishment that is chef owned and operated and works harder every day to make every guest dining experience a memorable one.

Tired of chain food out of a bag We make it FRESH! Family owners and operated 16 years.http://www.benedettoitaliano.com/