09/16/2026
Lynchburg just made national news, and it did it with a pizza that takes three days to make.
Congratulations to Jason and Gordon Cudd, Andrew Trottier, Luke Whitelaw and the whole team at Fratelli Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar. This week their relaunch story — the wood-fired grill, the 72-hour dough, a wine cellar that brought bottles to Lynchburg for the first time — went out on AP News and across the USA TODAY Network.
Two brothers who grew up here. A sommelier who came home. A chef from Eleven Madison Park who asked for fire. That's a story worth telling, and now the country has heard it.
If you haven't been in since the relaunch, go. Sit on the patio over the James. Ask for Andrew. Order the pizza.
We're proud to be in their corner.
https://www.wric.com/business/press-releases/ein-presswire/941834303/fratelli-italian-kitchen-wine-bar-rebuilds-menu-and-cellar-in-downtown-lynchburg/