Chef Angelo Faro opened his restaurant in 1991. He has an large extended menu as do most of the other Italian restaurants in town.
He has the most expensive Italian restaurant in Chiang Mai and considering the overall experience, it might merit the high prices or maybe, it is just the story of the big fish in the small pond. The wine list pricing starts at 1500 baht for red Italian wines and from this medium price escalates quickly to expensive and very expensive wines. The service is attentive and a lot of attention is paid to minute details. The chef spent a good deal of time making sure that my briefcase was in the right position when he arranged it on the small pedestal table, and then proceeded to straighten and align the cutlery and napkin before he would allow me to be seated. In fact you can see that he is a man who will put up with no nonsense. He was constantly reprimanding his dog who insisted on entering the dining room and he kept shooing him back. Chef Angelo Faro obviously likes salt, and there was plenty of it in the dishes I tasted. When he finally was seated to have his dinner on the table closest to the kitchen, the first thing he did was reach for the salt shaker.

Descend a few steps into a beautiful walled patio with tables laid out around a centerpiece tree, where on most days at lunch you will find owner, Rod Dyer holding court at a table under this tree. Making your way to the reception area, you’ll feel as though you are reenacting one of New York’s former luminaries’ famous entrances into El Morocco—all eyes look up from plates as diners intently peruse each new arrival.
Pane e Vino Trattoria has a fine-looking, booth-filled dining room, but more attractive and popular is their enchanting garden patio. This authentically Mediterranean setting has terra-cotta-hued walls and tiles, and is adorned with bougainvillea and glimmering candlelight at night.
The bar is conveniently situated midway between the garden and dining room. An open kitchen and wood-burning pizza oven dominate one side of the main dining room. The opposite wall is decorated with a muted earth-tone mural.
Pane e Vino is one of the few restaurants in Los Angeles to serve Certified Piedmontese beef, Costata long bone rib eye (two lbs.) carved table side for two persons.

Pane e Vino Trattoria has garnered awards as the best patio dining in L.A. for many years running.

Footnote: This is an article that I originally wrote for Wine & Dine Magazine and is currently being used in part by Pane e Vino’s public relations department. It has been edited to include or delete various changes that have occurred over time and condensed, in keeping with this blog’s effort to keep posts succinct.