Restaurant Awards:
PELAGIA has earned numerous honors, awards and rave reviews throughout its three-year anniversary.
Since opening in 2004, Tampa’s PELAGIA Trattoria and Executive Chef Fabrizio Schenardi have consistently received critical acclaim from leading national and local and national food critics celebrating PELAGIA’s modern Italian cuisine.
Honors received by the restaurant include:
- Best Hotel Dining, Bites of the Bay, Chris Sherman’s 100 Reasons to Eat Out, St. Petersburg Times and TBT, January 2007. “Fabrizio Schenardi’s Italianesque menu starts in Spain and coasts the entire Mediterranean for lusty flavors….”
- Where to Eat, Southern Living Magazine, January 2007. “Pelagia Trattoria … hit a home run on every course, crispy stuffed olives, a Caeser Fondue salad, grilled grouper and fluffy white chocolate cheesecake.”
- Best Places in Tampa Bay Annual Holiday Dining Guide, the Link Magazine, December 2006
- Discover Tampa Bay Newcomers Guide 2006-2007: “Tucked away behind International Plaza, this hip, contemporary restaurant is among the city's best, offering a deliciously modern twist on Mediterranean cuisine.”
- Zagat Survey 2005 and 2006: America’s Top Restaurants
- Best Local Dining Trends of 2005: PELAGIA Trattoria, “Best Place to Put the Fab Back Into Mediterranean, Starting with Fried Olives,” St. Petersburg Times 2006
- Cover story of January/February 2006 Restaurant Forum Magazine, “New Style Mediterranean.” PELAGIA’s Executive Chef Fabrizio Schenardi, who was named a Restaurant Forum Top Chef 2005.
- PELAGIA Blue, signature drink of PELAGIA Trattoria, named 2006 Grand Prize Winner by Hypnotic & Hotel F & B Execut
- “Best New Restaurant in Hillsborough County,” St. Petersburg Times 2005
- 2005 Best of the Bay awards, PELAGIA Trattoria named “Best New Restaurant” and its Caesar Fondue as “Best Salad,” Weekly Planet 2005
- One of Florida’s 20 Best New Restaurants for 2005, Florida Trend Magazine 2005
- “2004’s 10 Most Memorable Meals” Tampa Tribune 2005