Joelle Adds Italian Fare to Bluffton, South Carolina | Eater Carolinas
"A new modern Italian neighborhood restaurant opened by husband-and-wife team Robert and Breana DeLeo, inspired by their Italian-American roots and extensive hospitality backgrounds. The breezy, earthy interior—designed by Breana and punctuated with family flourishes and black-and-white portraits—offers views into the kitchen, including a custom Fiero wood-fired pizza oven, a prosciutto-slicing station, and a 12-seat bar that screens classic films instead of games. Under executive chef Brandon Torre (Ritz-Carlton, Omni, Westin, Colleton River Club), the menu emphasizes seasonally rotating, familiar Italian fare with a particular focus on wood-fired pizza and housemade pastas made using Molino Pasini flour; standout dishes mentioned include casarecce with spring fava beans, burrata, pesto and pine nuts, a margherita with confit tomato, fresh mozzarella and basil, and a tuna crudo spiced with Calabrian chili, capers and chive oil. The concept aims for a coastal, neighborhood vibe as the village grows into a dining hotspot, and it opened to the public on April 10." - Jason B James
