NEW YORK POST: Former Vatican chef trades crosses for crosswalks with first NYC restaurant: ‘It doesn’t matter if I’m cooking for a pope, president or ordinary person’
- djcdesigneracct
- Aug 17
- 1 min read
Updated: Sep 17
By Rob LeDonne
Original Publication Source: https://nypost.com/2025/08/18/lifestyle/former-vatican-chef-trades-crosses-for-crosswalks-with-first-nyc-restaurant-it-doesnt-matter-if-im-cooking-for-a-pope-president-or-ordinary-person/
Holy cannoli!
In his storied career in the kitchen, chef Salvo Lo Castro has been a star around the world and at the Vatican, plating pasta for popes, world leaders and movie stars alike.
These days, he’s traded a life of crosses in Rome for the crosswalks of New York City.
“The secret is I prepare everything with my heart, OK?” Lo Castro told The Post of an acclaimed career that has seen him reach the heights of culinary fame.
“The restaurant is my home, and the people who dine with me aren’t clients — they’re guests who come to my home,” Lo Castro said of his delicious philosophy, alluding to his restaurant’s eponymous moniker.
While Lo Castro has been behind an eponymous chain of busy espresso bars that dot Manhattan since 2022, his sleek, new Soho restaurant, Casasalvo — which opened in July on Spring Street — marks the first time the public at large can feast on his most famous dishes, all with a spiritual pedigree.
