Piccolino Italian Restaurant – Santa Fe, New Mexico
When I asked Gaby (our server Gabriela) what the Italian name “Piccolino” translates to, she didn’t have a clue. She asked Olga Tarango-Jimenez, the restaurant’s co-owner who also seemed at a loss, but shared the restaurant’s very interesting history. When my Kim Googled “Piccolino, she found it translates to “little one” and has such slang alternatives as “teeny weeny.” Talk about a fitting name. I joked with Gaby that if she ever called her diminutive in stature boss “teeny weeny” she’d probably find out her boss has a giant temper. Just how small is Piccolino? Before its transmogrification into one of Santa Fe’s most popular Italian restaurants, its Liliputian digs housed a Church’s chicken and before that a gas station.…