The first thing to know about Amanda Serafini is that she is not related to the family that owns the beloved Serafini’s, 2642 W. 12th St., which closed in the middle of the pandemic four years ago. .
On the new Serafini Family website, you can order sauce and meatballs on Monday and pick them up on Saturday. The FAQ section states, “The Serafini family has no connection with the closed Italian restaurant Serafini’s. Our family has sold it.” This is a restaurant from the 1990s. I don’t know about the restaurant’s future plans or lack of plans. ”
But that doesn’t mean Ellie doesn’t have what she wants. It’s sauce and meatballs made the same way Amanda’s great-grandmother, known as Mama Serafini, started the restaurant in 1938.
“The elders in my family taught me hands-on,” she said of her father, Bob Serafini, and uncle, Eddie Serafini. “We spent many hours and late nights getting everything right and they told us all their special secrets about how Nonna used to do it.
“She died before I was born,” Amanda said. “I never got to experience the wonderful woman she is.”
With the restaurant’s closure, Ellie no longer has access to her family’s contributions to Erie’s dining scene, she said.
“I didn’t want my family’s legacy to end,” she said. “I wanted to bring it back in some way because of how much it meant to my family, my uncle, my father, my aunt.”
She said she has no plans to quit her day job as a real estate agent or open her own restaurant.
“Right now we’re just going to carry sauce and meatballs, but we’ll probably carry other things as well,” she said. “This is currently in the testing phase.”
how to get
If you want sauce or meatballs, visit their website eatserafinis.com on Monday morning and get there before they’re sold out. Amanda cooks with the help of other family members.
“At this time, the Serafini family is limiting orders per week,” the site says. “This ensures high quality and freshness is maintained. Orders are accepted starting every Monday and until sold out. Weekly pickup is from 2pm to 4pm on Saturdays and Sundays after your order is placed. ” Select the item with your desired pick-up date. ”
Contact Jennie Geisler at jgeisler@timesnews.com or 814-870-1885.
This article originally appeared in the Erie Times News: Serafini’s original sauce, meatballs now available for pre-order in Erie, Pennsylvania
