Local favorite opens second restaurant in The Lake District, just in time for Christmas
From left: Villa Castrioti co-owner Aron Pullen; Yehuda Netanel, developer of The Lake District; Villa Castrioti co-owner Brian Leith; Villa Castrioti general manager Joe Clarke. The restaurant opens in The Lake District on Friday, Dec. 23, at 5 p.m. (Jennifer Biggs/The Daily Memphian)
The Villa Castrioti story starts in Cordova in 1989, when Adam and Julie Papriniku opened it in Trinity Commons.
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Jennifer Biggs
Jennifer Biggs is a native Memphian and veteran food writer and journalist who covers all things food, dining and spirits related for The Daily Memphian.
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