Valter Nassi was known as the big-hearted SaltLakeCity restaurateur who served fine Italian food for more than two decades. He passed away at the age of 76.
, noted that Nassi was given the Governor’s Mansion Artist Award for culinary arts, an honor he received in 2006. Herbert praised Nassi’s namesake restaurant, Valter’s Osteria, as the place to “go for a great meal and Valter’s larger-than-life personality.”at 173 W. 300 South in downtown Salt Lake City. The restaurant describes itself as “a modern twist on a Tuscan granary.
Valter Nassi was born in 1946 in Monte San Savino, Italy, a small medieval village outside Florence. He said his culinary education was rooted in his mother’s kitchen and his father’s work as a mushroom merchant. His father, Nassi said, was “an incredibly good eater.” Nassi, in a 2010 interview with The Salt Lake Tribune, said he fell in love with “my Salt Lake City” when he landed at the airport, walked through the terminal and marveled at the dozens of families holding “welcome home” signs.
In 2003, Nassi launched Cucina Toscana, at the request of developer Ken Millo, who was developing the old Firestone building at 300 West and 300 South into a dining, retail and residential building.In 2010, Nassi was honored for his support of the city when he received the Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau’s Tourism Achievement Award.
“See how many restaurants have opened, how many young chefs are coming here. We need that,” he said. “Listen carefully. This town is ready to have a massive amount of tourists coming and saying we are good because we are good.”
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