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Article: Tips Included: Pizzeria Amoroma brings Italy to Orinda
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- Oakland Tribune
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- May 27, 2009
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Good food and a convivial atmosphere have served Moraga's Amoroma
Ristorante well for the past six years. Now Michele (pronounced Mi-
KAY-lee) Lavecchia, who owns the restaurant with Hafiz Haidari and
Noe Castro, is hoping the crowds will also be drawn to their new
endeavor, Pizzeria Amoroma, which opened in Orinda last week.
Just up the street from the historic Orinda Theatre (and right
next to Peet's Coffee), the pizzeria will be more casual than the
Moraga restaurant. Pizzeria Amoroma has a new paint job, new chairs
and a refurbished bar, but there were no structural changes from the
previous tenant, Orinda House. Lavecchia is bemused by the location
of the wood-burning pizza oven and ...