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Heat Up the Oven

Stefano Campanini; Photo by Charles Ommanney

Stefano Campanini might best be known for running the high-end Wine by the Bay boutique, but there was something more he wanted to do. That explains Wyn Wood Oven, the relatively new restaurant in Miamiโ€™s Arts District, where Campanini offers a sizable menu of European foods paired with more than 300 wine varietals.

โ€œWe were doing a lot of wine tastings at Wine by the Bay,โ€ he says. โ€œBut we wanted to grow in a bigger direction. At [Wyn Wood], we can pair wine and food and offer a more complete experience.โ€

Campanini describes the restaurant, which opened in November 2017, as a place to โ€œwynโ€ and dine. Inside the space, there are bright-red table tops, wood furnishings, and an open kitchen and bar area anchored by a large pizza oven. The interior is large enough to move around, but just the right size to beย warm and cozy.

The menu offers plenty of choicesโ€”there are nearly 40 selections of salads, pizza, pasta, meats and desserts. The range of plates allows Campanini to create wine pairings.

โ€œBeing at a table and pairing wine with food is really beautiful,โ€ he says. โ€œSeeing our guests react is so different than selling a bottle of wine to someone without seeing their face.โ€

Risotto with Cream of Taleggio
Risotto with Cream of Taleggio

Each dishโ€”from the pizza dough to the gnocchi and penneโ€”is made in-house. The lasagne al radicchio layers pasta with bรฉchamel, Parmesan cheese and radicchio sautรฉed in a white wine sauce. Penne in Greenย is tossed in a spiced puree of sweet peas and caramelized onions. Thereโ€™s also a cheese board with prosciutto de Parma, speck, salami, gorgonzola, fontina, and 60-month-aged Parmesan.

Photo by Michelle VanTine Photography

The menu also includes nearly 20 pizzas, from a simple Margherita (tomato sauce, mozzarella and basil) to a fancy black truffle (carpaccio, ricotta with black pepper, buffalo mozzarella and mortadella).

โ€œThe presentations of our food are also outstanding,โ€ he says. โ€œWeโ€™ve been very well received by the community.โ€

The wine menu includes about 330 varietals, with a sommelier to guide diners. The restaurant also hosts wine tastings, spotlighting different regions of the world.

 

Vegan Orzo Salad
Vegan Orzo Salad

Dessert, naturally, includes a classic tiramisu topped with mascarpone, coffee and Dutch cocoa, but thereโ€™s also a sweet zabaglione affogato (custard) and the โ€œ50 Shades of Cheeseโ€ plate, a curated platter of soft and aged cheeses.

โ€œOpening a restaurant has been more time-consuming than I imagined,โ€ Campanini says. โ€œI feel like the conductor of an orchestra. I have to make sure everything is going well, and thatโ€™s pretty intense. But I wouldnโ€™t have it any other way.โ€

 

Wyn Wood Oven

Location: 2085 NW Second Ave., Miami

Contact: 305.573.5155; wynwood-oven.com

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