Basilico's
| Basilico’s Pasta e Vino | |
|---|---|
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  Location within California | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | June 1999 |
| Current owner(s) | Tony Roman |
| Food type | Italian cuisine |
| City | Huntington Beach |
| State | California |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 92646 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 33°39′01″N 117°57′15″W / 33.6502°N 117.9542°WCoordinates: 33°39′01″N 117°57′15″W / 33.6502°N 117.9542°W ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽ |
| Seating capacity | 35–40 |
| Reservations | No |
| Website | www |
Basilico's Pasta e Vino is an Italian restaurant in Huntington Beach, California, owned and run by Tony Roman.
Description[edit]
The restaurant offers Italian cuisine. Dishes served include chicken parmesan; fettucine with pesto, pine nuts, and shrimp; chicken marsala; pasta primavera; and homemade tiramisu.[1] The main dining room can seat between 35 and 40 persons.[2] Outside the restaurant, a Gadsden flag is flown alongside an American flag.[3]
History[edit]
The restaurant was founded in June 1999[1] by first-generation Italian American Rosemarie Roman (née Basilico).[4] Originally located at Magnolia and Yorktown,[5] it moved to another location in Huntington Beach in 2017,[6] in between a beauty parlor and a gymnasium on Hamilton Avenue and Brookhurst Street.[7] As of August 2021, the restaurant is owned and run by Tony Roman.[8]
In June 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in California, the restaurant instituted a "patriotic policy" prohibiting diners from wearing masks,[9] while billboards advertising the restaurant contained slogans like "Leave the mask, take the cannoli".[10] Despite Governor Gavin Newsom's lockdown order in December 2020, Basilico's remained open.[11] In June 2021, the restaurant was fined $152,000 by California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health for a violation of pandemic guidelines.[12] The following month, the restaurant introduced another policy that called for diners to furnish proof that they were not vaccinated against COVID-19.[13] Roman described Basilico's as a "Constitutional Battleground ... in defense of Liberty and Freedom";[14] the restaurant also set up an organization called "Make Restaurants Great Again".[15]
The restaurant accepted $57,738 from the COVID relief Paycheck Protection Program. Roman justified this saying that "It’s our money, not theirs!"[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Larsen, Peter (June 17, 2008). "Basilico's Pasta e Vino offers comforting fare with plenty of flavor". Orange County Register.
- ↑ Volo, John (January 6, 2005). "Basilico's is Buono". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Cardine, Sara (June 30, 2020). "Huntington Beach restaurant's no-mask position deeply divides O.C. diners". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "Lawsuit: Basilico's in Huntington Beach Getting Run Out of Business". OC Weekly. July 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Our Story". Basilico's. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
- ↑ Murray, Rheana (July 28, 2021). "Restaurant that took anti-mask stance now says it will only serve unvaccinated diners". Today.
- ↑ Fry, Hannah (July 26, 2021). "Huntington Beach restaurant urges unvaccinated diners in rebuff of COVID precautions". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Lin, Summer (August 2, 2021). "Got your COVID vaccine? Stay out, says California restaurateur decrying 'stupidity'". Sacramento Bee.
- ↑ Valdespino, Anne (June 29, 2020). "Huntington Beach restaurant stirs controversy online with anti-mask stance". Orange County Register.
- ↑ Valdespino, Anne (September 29, 2020). "OC restaurant appeals to LA anti-mask crowd with 'Godfather'-inspired billboard". Orange County Register.
- ↑ Colarossi, Natalie (July 26, 2021). "California Restaurant, Fed Up With Restrictions, Encourages 'Unvaccinated' Customers Only". Newsweek.
- ↑ Iati, Marisa (July 29, 2021). "When you're here, you're unvaccinated. This pasta house doesn't want immunized patrons". The Washington Post.
- ↑ Burke, Minyvonne (July 30, 2021). "California restaurant says patrons must show 'proof of being unvaccinated'". NBC News.
- ↑ Vargas, Vikki; Lloyd, Jonathan (July 26, 2021). "'Proof of Being Unvaccinated Required' at Huntington Beach Restaurant".
- ↑ Jones, Hayley (July 29, 2021). "COVID's Favorite Restaurant Only Serves Unvaccinated Guests". Vice News.
- ↑ "Anti-mask Huntington Beach restaurant took PPP funds while rejecting safety regulations". The Mercury News. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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