Il Ritorno takes its name from the Italian for "the return," marking Owner and Executive Chef David Benstock's homecoming to the Tampa Bay area with a restaurant on Central Avenue in St. Petersburg. He works alongside Chef de Cuisine Sheridan Scott on a menu built around modern Italian cooking with high-end ingredients worked into rustic technique.
The dining room menu moves from caviar doughnuts and kombu-cured hamachi to composed pastas like lobster and caviar cappelletti and short rib mezzaluna with truffle fonduta, alongside proteins like Japanese A5 Miyazaki and koji-aged prime filet.
Adjacent to the open kitchen, the Chef's Bar offers an 8-9 course menu not found on the regular dining room menu, with guests seated at the counter for the full evening to watch the kitchen work.
Il Ritorno was named to the Michelin Guide's Selected list for 2026 and was included among Creative Loafing Tampa's readers' picks in 2025.
The dining room menu moves from caviar doughnuts and kombu-cured hamachi to composed pastas like lobster and caviar cappelletti and short rib mezzaluna with truffle fonduta, alongside proteins like Japanese A5 Miyazaki and koji-aged prime filet.
Adjacent to the open kitchen, the Chef's Bar offers an 8-9 course menu not found on the regular dining room menu, with guests seated at the counter for the full evening to watch the kitchen work.
Il Ritorno was named to the Michelin Guide's Selected list for 2026 and was included among Creative Loafing Tampa's readers' picks in 2025.