Nonna's - Sheffield

Nonna's gigantic window frontage now stretches down Eccleshall Road – a sign that this highly popular Sheffield venue is in bullish mood. Expansion is the name of the game and the place has developed rapidly into much more than a local Italian hangout.

Lunch is a simple, casual affair, while the full evening menu kicks off with some fascinating antipasti, including mixed bollito misto with mostarda di cremona and grape chutney or a 'tasting' of Lombardy cheeses accompanied by walnuts and honey. Penne pasta is dressed up with salt cod and chick peas, while mains take up the regional theme with – perhaps – seared scallops and Venetian spiced risotto or rump of lamb with Ligurian baked potatoes.

Tacked onto the main restaurant is a coffee bar specialising in ultra-trendy Italian Lucaffe. Added to that is the new wine and Champagne bar (described as a 'contemporary Italian Renaissance extravaganza') dealing in 'stuzzichini' inspired by the Milan bar scene, classy cocktails, elite vodkas and draught Nastro Azzuro beer.

Just round the corner from the restaurant in Hickmott Road is Nonna's Cucina – a deli, ice cream parlour and bakery all rolled into one.