Piero Selvaggio, in English, would translate Peter Wild, and absolutely wild must have seemed to the local scene the changes he brought about not only to Italian dining in LA but also to the products used to make those recipes.
Piero’s restaurant is such a landmark in Los Angeles that one letter suffices to identify this temple of wine and Italian cuisine. It all started in 1972 when Piero and his friend Gianni Paoletti took a former depressing looking beer bar and decided to open their own place, Valentino.