Renowned for his tributes to traditional Italian cooking, at Felix restaurant in Venice - the two-time James Beard-nominated chef had also previously worked for Wolfgang Puck at the iconic Spago in Beverly Hills.
The Martin Brudnizki Design Studio-designed restaurant focuses on authentic Italian dishes which Funke learned about after years of traveling and learning about the country, specifically the city of Rome. Dine on Eternal City handmade pasta staples like carbonara and cacio e pepe and Roman-inspired pizza and starters like fried squash blossoms and artichokes and mains such as lamb rib chops, and dry-aged ribeye blackened with flame. There are cocktails, Italian wines, and an amaro cart roaming the dining room.
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