I haven’t spent much time driving Highway K in O’Fallon, Missouri. I bet that will change — and soon. The communities west of the Missouri River are booming. Where people and money go, restaurants surely follow.
Osteria Forto, which opened in December in a shopping plaza north of Highway 364 on Highway K, fills the need for a higher-end Italian restaurant. Owners Dominic and Liz Pietoso, who live nearby in Cottleville, have seen the area’s growth firsthand. But the married duo is building something bigger here.
Maybe you recognize the Pietoso name? Dominic’s father, Fortunato Pietoso, is the executive chef. The native of Aversa, Italy, north of Naples, is also the younger brother of Tony Pietoso, the owner of Cafe Napoli in Clayton. That branch of the family has steadily expanded west, with outposts in Town and Country (Napoli 2) and St. Charles (Napoli III, Napoli Sea) as well as a pizzeria planned to open his year in Chesterfield.
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