About Piccolo Ristorante

Piccolo was founded in 1979 — the second successful business started by Thomas Valenti Sr. and his mother Teresa in Bellmore, Long Island. Tom Sr. had mastered the pizza pie venue through the opening of Tommy's Pizza in 1961, but wanted more of a restaurant atmosphere. In 1979 he developed the concept of Piccolo, which opened in conjunction with his son Tom’s high school graduation. Tom Sr. had recently married a very popular Bellmorite, Donna Tomasulo, who worked six or more days a week building the dining room business.
In 1983, Tom's eldest son, Tom Jr., decided to study Hotel and Restaurant management, following in the footsteps of Tom Sr.'s brother Nick of Compass / Restaurant Associates— another protégé of Teresa and Tom Sr's. Tom Jr. graduated and was fast tracked by Marriott's Management Program, and after about four years of National Marriott training, left as a Food and Beverage Executive to enable Tom Sr. to have some free time and establish some family roots for himself.

This initial expansion was a HUGE success. So much so, that in 1998 Piccolo expanded again both in the size of its main dining area and the size of its private dining room. This expansion, too, has been very successful, allowing the Piccolo team to provide their excellent food and service to an ever-increasing amount of satisfied customers.

Piccolo Ristorante looks forward to serving even more of the community for another 30 years. 

OURCUSTOMERS

"Dear friends at Piccolo,
Thank you for your delicious food and excellent service! Your online ordering site for off premises catering was great. I found it to be very user friendly and, when I placed my order, the website quickly provided an order confirmation. My order for trays of Chicken Parmigiana and Rigatoni Ala Vodka were ready for me to pick up at the restaurant on time and came with extras that I didn’t expect, but really appreciated (rolls, butter, parm. cheese, extra sauces, and more), plus your staff gave me advice on how to heat the trays properly if the food needed to be warmed for serving later in the day, and also helped me take the trays of food and extras out to my car. Your staff’s attention to detail is above and beyond. I truly appreciated your wonderful staff and their excellent service and, most of all, your scrumptious food that everyone at the party raved about to me. I highly recommend Piccolo’s outside catering service and ordering online via your website to anyone hosting a party and I can’t think of anything that would help improve your already excellent service, either online or in person. You guys are great!! Thank you so very much!!"
-Colette

"Attended a celebration of life luncheon this past Saturday (8/23) at this restaurant and everything was amazing. The food was delicious and portions were extremely generous. I highly recommend their signature Chicken Scarsala dish. The only negative is that we wished we would have been able to have one of the private rooms they have available but the food and service made up for it. We had 2 waitresses assigned to our party Francesca and Mindy and they made our luncheon pleasurable. It is not easy to serve a large group of people to begin with, now add in that they are also grieving and this can be extremely challenging but these girls navigated our group with ease. Not only did they cater to all our needs, they were courteous, professional, attentive and truly a pleasure to have wait on us. Thank you Piccolo’s for making this day a little easier for us and Kudos to Francesca and Mindy for a job well done!!"
-Maria Cottone

"We ordered your food for my daughter’s bed party. All of our guests enjoyed the food. It was so delicious!
The online order was very easy and the food delivery set up was excellent!!
Your service was exceptional.
"Dear Tommy and Staff,
Words can not express how much we appreciate all your hard work and dedication in making our wedding so special. We can not thank you enough for taking your time and meeting with to to make sure we had everything we wanted. You are truly wonderful at what you do. We sincerely appreciate you all!
Love always, Mitch and Helen"

"We have been coming here for over 5 years now and your staff always makes us feel super special and old school" 
-Thomas Yannelli

"Had our book club holiday dinner last night. Got a great pre-set menu with lots of choices. I highly recommend Piccolo for your next party!"
-Linda Rodi Ulanoff

"Piccolo never disappoints. Been a loyal customer for many years now and Piccolo will always be my first choice!" 
 -Rose McGovern

" We come here often and we are never disappointed. Like eating in Grandma's kitchen" 
-Paul Lawrence

" We have been coming here for years and every time we come it is a wonderful delicious experience " 
-Nora Zaba

"I have been a happy customer at Piccolo for many years. I absolutely love the staff and the food. Always a pleasure!" 
-Richard Boyd

"We go to the dentist in Bellmore so we always stop at Piccolo to eat. The food and service is always wonderful" 
-Linda Curto

"We will definitely consider dining in/ordering from Piccolo Ristorante again in the future!"
 -Takami Yanagaki

"Just celebrated our holiday gathering with my organization and the food was terrific. The staff was very friendly and attentive to the group. We have used Piccolo for other functions and they never disappoint!"
-Mary Grace Schmalenberger
"Proud beyond words to receive this recognition and join a group I have always idolized" -Thomas J. Valenti