Mike Cordero wants to make you a reservation you can’t refuse.
The Northern Virginia restaurateur behind Barley Mac, Don Tito and Taco Rock plans to open a classic Italian restaurant in Ballston designed to capture the sort of atmosphere as though Michael Corleone were dining at the next table with Virgil Sollozzo and police captain Mark McCluskey — but without the violent ending of that famous scene from “The Godfather.”
Cordero’s restaurant group has signed a long-term lease for the former Next Day Blinds at 3865 Wilson Blvd. Joined by his sons Nick and Anthony, he’s planning to open Carbonara: Old School Italian & Wine Bar as soon as July 2023. The executive chef and owner of Cordero Hospitality sees the new venture as a return to roots planted four decades ago, having gotten his start in the culinary industry making meatballs at an Italian restaurant in New York when he was just 15.
“This is the one I’m super excited about because it’s bringing me back to how I…
Read the full story from the Washington Business Journal.
