Giuseppe's Cucina Rustica

Giuseppe DiFronzo founded Giuseppe’s Cucina Italiana in Pismo Beach in 1988 as a senior project upon graduation from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. This 25-year-old established eatery is known throughout the state for its dedication to true southern Italian regional specialties indicative to the Pugliese region of Italy, particularly the seaport town of Bari. In 2016, he realized his dream of moving to the historic Sinsheimer Building on Monterey Street when he opened Giuseppe's Cucina Rustica in downtown SLO.

We are dedicated and extremely proud to bring you the freshest local and imported ingredients possible to present our cuisine in a simple, straightforward, authentic manner.