About Us

Owner-Chefs Charlie & Fred

Training began at an early age for the sons of Calabrian born parents Gino and Giovanna. Charlie and Fred spent many hours in the kitchen learning to cook and refining Southern Italian recipes.

Before Rudy's, Charlie & Fred trained in New York City restaurants as well as in Fort Lee NJ at Jerry's Italian Cuisine Ristorante well known for the spectacular Calabria Room. Charlie and Fred had always dreamed of having a establishment of their own. The two brothers envisioned using their experience of fine food and service to create their own Italian Ristorante. In 1972 we opened our ideas and the door of Rudy's Ristorante and Pizzaria. which at the time was primarily pizza, heroes and pasta. Within a period of three years we developed a full scale Italian restaurant.

In addition to fantastic food and comfortable dining, Charlie and Fred's establishment offers professional and family recipe dining, knowledgeable service, an extensive wine list, private party room and a full off premise catering menu.

Charlie and Fred are proud in the work they have done in offering our customers wonderful Italian dishes, fantastic service and a wonderful dining ambiance.

Rudy's Ristorante and Pizzaria looks forward to seeing you in the near future. Thank you for your Patience and patronage.

Welcome to

Rudy's Ristorante and Pizza

Calabria is in the toe of the Italian boot pointed directly at its ocean neighbor Sicily. It’s landscape is quite different then that of other Italian regions. Almost all of it is ruggedly mountainous, leaving just enough room at the edges for the longest beaches in all of Italy. Most man-made attractions have been shaken by the earthquakes and consequently there are plenty of ruins and ghost towns. As you may already guess Calabria is a little underdeveloped but quite scenic.

Calabria has endured misfortune in its history. Over the years, many great tragedies have led to the decline of this region. Many wars have stopped Calabria from ever prospering into a major flourishing region. It seemed every time through out history the region would start to populate other circumstances intervened. It has generally been a haven for earthquakes, some even killing 100,000 people at once.

As years passed much of the population has migrated to other parts of the world, Just remember that this area is not overly populated and tends to be a place you will use yourself more then others to explore.