Designed as 5 rooms in a home, Bryan and Michael Voltaggio’s first restaurant, Voltaggio Brothers at MGM Nationwide Harbor, has at all times been supposed to function an elevated eating possibility that provides delectable meals with aptitude, and the consolation of being at residence unexpectedly.
“We would like you guys to become involved within the course of, we would like you to have enjoyable, we would like this to really feel like we’re at residence inviting you guys over to our home,” mentioned Michael at a current media dinner, including jokes at his brother’s expense all through his transient welcome speech.
“You noticed how this all labored once we had been rising up,” Bryan mentioned, including to the hilarious sibling dynamic. “Actually welcome to our home.”
Past the brotherly banter, which some of us would possibly miss as Michael lives in California, there’s a lot meals that makes diners really feel at residence. There’s Voltaggi’Os, a savory, flavorful tasty twist on SpaghettiO’s, with O-shaped noodles made in-house and a hen parmesan meatball.
There’s additionally deviled eggs with a twist– the Voltaggio Brothers dish consists of caviar on the backside– which although diners realize it’s coming, it’s really a cheerful, salty, shock.
Then there’s the Blue Crab Pop Tart, which intersects the familiarity of the tostable deal with, with Maryland’s beloved crustacean and makes use of do-it-yourself pie crust to seal the scrumptious deal.
There’s a sense of consolation combined in each chunk at Voltaggio Brothers, which Michael referred to as their different residence.
“That is the place we come residence to prepare dinner, come residence to prepare dinner collectively, come residence to prepare dinner for you guys,” Michael mentioned.
From the mushy, heat, fluffy “Steak Home Rolls,” served at the start of the meal, to the flavorful and refreshing tuna ceviche, and the dessert that includes chocolate cake and key lime, all the pieces was so well-prepared and would make anybody want that they might get such meals at “residence” day-after-day.
Nevertheless, as homey because the restaurant can really feel, that is elevated fare.
“You’ll see some deep ruby pink, lovely tuna that’s glazed in hibiscus ponzu. There’s an ice that’s form of on it as properly,” Michael mentioned of the ceviche.
Past the scrumptious meals and homey environment, the restaurant’s open kitchen idea permits for some diners to get an ideal view of what’s occurring within the kitchen, whereas there. Nevertheless, even when one isn’t taking within the behind the scenes whereas eating, the Voltaggios hope that every diner has a tasty, enjoyable and joyful expertise on the restaurant– or residence away from residence.
“We would like you guys to become involved within the course of, we would like you to have enjoyable, we would like this to really feel like we’re at residence inviting you guys over to our home,” Michael mentioned. “By the top of the night time there must be no strangers on this restaurant.”
