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Times Union – April 10, 2008

The two most striking features of the new incarnation of Chianti il Ristorante in Saratoga Springs couldn’t be more different. One has nothing to do with the food and is literally priceless. The other is literally the price of the food.
Set into a glass-fronted vault in the wall of Chianti, which opens Saturday in a [...]

Business Review – September 14, 2007

David Zecchini could barely reach the gas pedal the first time he jumped behind the wheel of a sports car.
He was not yet 12 years old when he snatched the keys to his grandfather’s Fiat, smacking into four parked cars during a joy ride that ended with him crashing into a ditch in Rome, Italy, [...]

Business Review – June 15, 2007

David Zecchini grew up in Rome, the son of a hairdresser whose clients included runway models. He said he was accustomed to traveling the world and eating in the best restaurants.
Zecchini has, in his words, “reversed the coin.”
“I know how to be served,” said the 38-year-old Zecchini, the words spilling out of his mouth in [...]

Frommers

Ask Saratogians for their favorite restaurant in town and they’re almost sure to tell you Chianti. Charmingly Mediterranean, with deep-red curtains, flickering candlelight, an open kitchen, a main dining room lined with racks of wine bottles, and a warm and inviting Italian host (the owner, who greets you at the door), the restaurant sets the [...]

Metroland

The new kid on the block is now almost 10, and 10-year-olds rarely remain cute. Since opening Chianti il Ristoranti a decade ago, owner David Zecchini has added two more Saratoga Springs restaurants, one of which, Il Forno Toscano, perseveres. Chianti, meanwhile, peers from its nicely landscaped corner at the south end of the village, [...]