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It's Tuesday and that means it's time to check out another spot that makes up the best of New Jersey. And today, meteorologist Mike Rizzo is heading to Monmouth County to get a taste of Sicily Lemoncello Garden restaurant. Here at the Piazza Di Roma in Aberdeen is a very well known catering hall and now restaurant. But let's learn a little bit more about the catering hall. I'm with Rosalia and Mike, the owners of this wonderful place. So Rosalia, what do you do? What kind of uh events? We do all sorts of events where the perfect events, space for any and all occasions. We do weddings, we do one wedding at a time. We do communions and um sweet sixteens, all sorts of events. How many people so we can accommodate anywhere from 50 to 280 guests. We have three separate banquet rooms and we also have the outdoor space now that we're utilizing as well for outdoor events. So outdoor space is beautiful. The garden is amazing, right? And it's not just about hosting your like events, you have special programming. Yes, we're actually doing a series of Get Your Italian. We're hosting an event where we're making fresh mozzarella. We're doing an event that's doing uh where we make lemoncello. And in June we're hosting a night under the stars in Sicily where we're featuring Italian Sicilian food. We have Italian singers. DJ Dan. It's a really nice night out. It's like a festa Italiana that is so amazing. All of these activities are like hands on. So the people that are coming are gonna be participating in all of this fun stuff and your backyard garden. And I know that's your touch right there, right? He is, he is the landscaper extraordinaire. And I can't wait to share that part of this place with you because you gotta see this. It's farm to table that's coming up in a bit.

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It's Tuesday and that means it's time to check out another spot that makes up the best of New Jersey. And today's meteorologist Mike Rizzo is heading to Monmouth County to get a taste of Sicily. Look, it's a Vespa right here in Aberdeen. The Piazza Di Roma has a beautiful outdoor space where they grow fresh vegetables right here in the garden. You could even eat outdoors. You could also have a wedding out here too. Right? So the whole concept is farm to table Mike. Tell me more about that. My father taught me well. Yes, we put in a vegetable garden all organically grown from my seeds, from my vegetables from last year. There's nothing better than eating fresh ingredients daily. And that's really what we put into our every meal into our menu. You make a good point too because, you know, sometimes people will be concerned eating at a restaurant that is a catering hall as well. So tell us a little bit more about what goes into the work of creating the food. That's the brains behind all of this right now. Now I'm gonna say my wife is the chef she hates when I say, chef and I said she wasn't schooled, but I always say you went to the best university in the world. The university. Anona. I mean, that is the best university in the world. Nobody cooks great Italian like Nona. Right, for sure. And that's what everybody that comes to the restaurant says while blessing themselves. No, no, I'm sorry. But these meatballs are just as good as yours and they really are. We didn't, we didn't change any of the recipes and that's what it's all about. Farm to table fresh ingredients. All our ingredients come in fresh daily, nothing frozen. We're cooking here like we cook at home and that is the key. That's why you need to check this place out right here in Aberdeen Lemoncello Restaurant at the Piazza Di Roma. Wait to see the food that's coming up.

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It's Tuesday and that means it's time to check out another spot that makes up the best of New Jersey. And today, meteorologist Mike Rizzo was heading to Monmouth County to get a taste of Sicily. Wow. Look at this spread. Everything here looks delicious. Smells amazing. What do we have bona Perito? So, here we go. We have our traditional brujo which is made with raisins and egg. We have our Penella norma eggplant from our garden. This is a traditional Sicilian dessert which is called casada, which has the cannoli filling toscana pizza with prosciutto and arugula. And this of course, pulpo grilled octopus, the hot peppers here, buddy. That's it. And a stuffed double bone stuffed pork chop with the mozzarella, bros, shuto and pepper, jack cheese. The seafood marana. Check that. Look at those and the py py which is shrimp with a squid ink pasta. And you can't forget this classic right here. This is a traditional, right? AGA you got a homemade biscotti as well. Look how beautiful this looks right here. Uh And this is how you serve it with the espresso, right on the ice cream. Delicious. Beautiful and amazing, right? So when someone walks in here, right? They can not only just eat but they can drink as well. What what about the beverages? We have a full liquor license, full bar, all your signature drinks. Of course, you can't go to Banana Paro Spritz, but our most popular signature drink is our Lemoncello Spritzer. You're gonna love. So when someone walks in your door, what do you want them to feel? What kind of experience do you want them to have? Honestly, Michael, we want, I want you to feel like you're Nona's back streets of Italy. Just again. The vibe, the fresh food, the music in the background. Yeah. Right. We want them to feel like they're on vacation. Oh, vacation. Fun. Exciting. You have a lot of events. This is an event space and a restaurant. Everything's farm to table. They have gluten free options as well. You have to check this place out right here in Aberdeen and this is why you're one of the best of New Jersey. Thank you, Michael.

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Best of New Jersey: A taste of Italy in Monmouth County at Limoncello at Piazza Di Roma

News 12's Mike Rizzo visited Italian restaurant Limoncello at Piazza Di Roma for this week’s Best of New Jersey.

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