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Giovanni Febbo and his family run Giovanni’s Continental Cuisine in Montgomery, which serves authentic homemade Italian food.[/caption]
Giovanni’s Continental Cuisine has served homemade Italian dishes to customers since 1993, and the restaurant’s popularity continues to grow over time.
Owner Giovanni Febbo, a native of Calabria, Italy, said he grew up in the restaurant business and learned to cook from his mother. After attending culinary school in Italy, he continued on the family tradition of cooking and working for restaurants. Febbo runs the restaurant with his wife and son, Giovanni Jr.
“We’ve been open for 22 years here and the people know [I am] full-blooded Italian,” Febbo said. “I grew up in the restaurant business and Giovanni’s has good food and [pays] attention [to customers].”
Febbo said healthy and fresh food has always been the No. 1 priority in his restaurant. To prepare meals he uses vegetables grown in the restaurant’s patio garden, such as broccoli, eggplant, cucumbers, bell peppers, cabbage and parsley. Febbo said he starts his own seeds in a greenhouse around February through March so the plants are big enough to plant in the patio garden come spring.
