Strano by Chef Josh

Strano by Chef Josh We use fresh ingredients from our personal garden to craft unique Italian dishes that will make you believe that happiness is homemade.
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Italian cuisine that’s as unique as it is authentic can be hard to come by. Here at Strano by Chef Josh, we’ve made it simple. Using fresh ingredients from his personal garden, Chef Josh Steiner crafts made-to-order meals that will always leave you wanting more. You can enjoy our weekend brunch specials or take advantage of our cozy atmosphere for your next lunch date. Our family pictures hanging

on the walls and the distinct smells of our wood-fired grill will remind you that this is more than just a business to us -- it’s our passion. Come experience our homemade, hand-crafted magic. Strano specializes in Italian food that is prepared with respect for the ingredients.

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Price Range: $$

Culinary Team: Executive Chef Josh Steiner

Attire: Dressy

Address

518 Perkins Extd
Memphis, TN
38117

Telephone

(901) 275-8986

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Services

  • Catering
  • Groups
  • Outdoor
  • Reserve
  • Takeout
  • Waiter
  • Walkins

Specialties

  • Dinner
  • Drinks
  • Lunch

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About Chef Josh

Strano's Chef Josh Steiner grew up in a predominately Sicilian and Moroccan kitchen under the watchful eye of his two grandmothers. This upbringing has inspired him to create dishes that are based on very old and authentic family recipes with a modern Sicilian twist. Josh was raised in Memphis, TN. and he graduated from Lausanne Collegiate School. As a teen, he started as a bus boy and dishwasher in a neighborhood restaurant and worked his way up to one of the chefs of the restaurant. After getting a taste of the benefits of a chef's lifestyle, Josh decided to make it his life and enrolled in L'ecole Culinaire. During his studies he decided he wanted follow his passions to Italy to learn traditional cooking techniques from the kitchens of the Sicilian masters.

While in Sicily, Josh trained his palate in classes featuring tastings of olive oil, chocolates as well as wine. He frequented the local bustling food market in Palermo then worked side by side with Chef Vincenzo to create the traditional Sicilian dishes. Josh spent time in a local Modica restaurant working in the kitchen to help create their regional specialties. In Taormina, not far from Mt. Etna, Josh learned true Sicilian cooking from true Sicilians.

Sicilian cuisine is perhaps the most celebrated in all of Italy because of the exceptionally fresh ingredients that are readily available thanks to the gloriously mild Mediterranean climate. It is also a confluence of the people's that inhabited the island over the ages including the Greeks, Romans, Normans, Arabs and Spanish. This fits in well with Josh's own fused Moroccan and Italian roots. On this journey, Chef Josh learned the value of using natural ingredients to create delicious and delicate cuisine. The cuisine of Sicily, from cannoli to couscous is as complex as its history and beauty that also include the island's world famous wines. Chef Josh's cuisine is both genuine and elegant as he strives to use only local seasonal ingredients and products to ensure your experience at Strano is as fresh and authentic as possible.