No Saint’s Owners Gabriella Casabianca and Anthony Siccardi Share Their Favorite Portland, Oregon Restaurants | Eater Portland
"The NE Killingsworth pizza restaurant co-owned by transplants Gabriella Casabianca and Anthony Siccardi has evolved from a 2019 pop-up into a fall-2022 brick-and-mortar opened “with very minimal budget and funding,” according to Siccardi. Casabianca describes the growth: “We’re doing really well,” and, reflecting on early ownership, “The first year of owning and operating a restaurant, you’re finding out the language, the food, the energy you want to bring. Now we’re able to fine-tune things.” Financial constraints forced hands-on interior work: Casabianca designed the space herself, rescuing furniture from the late Bar Norman and hunting online; Siccardi recalls one risky pickup of a Danish table: “It was a really scary pickup. He took me behind his barn, and there were all these cameras…” Service and creativity are coming into their own: “It’s taken us longer to get into a steady pace. Now that we have more time, it gives us a lot more room to be creative,” Siccardi says, and that creativity extends to beverage-focused events that pair their pizzas with local wine producers such as Hiyu Wine Farm, Monument Wine Company, Hundred Suns Wine, Jess Miller and Cameron Winery." - Thom Hilton
