Sopranos Grill

Sopranos Grill is a family-owned Italian restaurant on North Rogers Lane in east Raleigh. The owners run it themselves, and the cooking sticks to two ideas they repeat often: good food and fresh ingredients. They describe the result as authentic Italian cuisine.

It is a neighborhood Italian restaurant, and the owners talk openly about their passion for the food and the wine they serve. The welcome comes from the family itself, since they are the ones running the place day to day. Wine is treated as part of the meal here, not an afterthought.

What to know

• All the recipes were developed by executive chef Carlos Goncalves.
• The restaurant describes its wine menu as world-class.
• Dishes are meant to be paired with wines from that list.
• The full menu can be browsed on the restaurant’s website.