Kevin Goldsmith is at it again. He started Takosushi more than a decade ago and it’s become a local and regional success. The European native is celebrating 50 years in the food and beverage industry.
Trattoria Polipo is an ode to his childhood, when he enjoyed the understated, affordable neighborhood restaurants that were gathering, eating and drinking spots for family and friends.
Most meals are $18.50, plus a little more for meat or shrimp, which includes a house salad and freshly baked bread. The restaurant is open for dinners beginning at 4:30pm between Wednesday and Monday.
Goldsmith spent much of 2023 renovating a vacant sports bar/comedy house that had been closed for about five years in a shopping center on Walton Way extension that once had Harris Teeter as its anchor store.
Much like rustic, Italian bistros of yesteryear, Trattoria Polipo has ample space on the front patio to serve its homemade pasta, mozzarella, ricotta, freshly baked bread, and desserts bringing people together.
