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11.23.2015 | The Wall Street Journal
Chef Nick Stefanelli makes almost daily visits to Union Market, in Northeast Washington, to pick up ingredients for Masseria, the industrial-chic eatery hidden behind a high wood-plank fence that he opened 2 miles north of the Capitol in July. He turns out winning Pugliese-inspired fare from an open kitchen using his market finds.
10.13.2015 | Washington Post
A banner year of cooking in Washington has been matched by one of transporting interiors. Consider Masseria, modeled after the country houses in Puglia, Italy, and the first stand-alone restaurant amid the warehouses outside Union Market.
10.12.2015 | Zagat
Chef-owner Nick Stefanelli worked with DC-based design firm Grupo-7 to achieve a space that feels modern yet cozy, industrial yet classic — and the result is pure sexy. Plus, the place practically mimics a striptease considering the high wooden wall out front that hides the secret dazzling patio decked with couches and a fire pit.
10.01.2015 | DC Modern Luxury
Chef Nick Stefanelli strikes gold at Masseria, his elegant new restaurant near Union Market.
09.26.2015 | Zagat
The indoor/outdoor setting combines the feeling of the Italian countryside with snazzy urban design details, like distressed cement and wood and hip lighting, with a lounge-y courtyard for sipping cocktails and an exhibition kitchen to boot.
08.08.2015 | Washington Post
The space, says Stefanelli, was designed with both luxury and grit in mind. Think Carrara marble, Wishbone chairs, cement floors and scarred walls or, as Stefanelli puts it, Sophia Loren in post-war Italy.
08.01.2015 | On Tap
Masseria is Stefanelli’s first restaurant – a project that has been more than a decade in the making. “Ever since I started cooking, my end goal was always to open up my own place, so we’re finally bringing that dream to fruition,” Stefanelli said in a recent interview.
07.29.2015 | Zagat DC
Executive chef and owner Nicholas Stefanelli made a name for himself as the longtime head of the kitchen at Bibiana, and the chef worked with design firm Grupo 7 to balance the rustic-industrial look he was going for with his first solo outing.
07.27.2015 | Washington Post
This spring, Emanuel hosted a dinner party for Sarah Weiner, head of the Good Food Awards, and friends from Union Market in Northeast. He went off on yet another rant about lousy brunches in the District, and his friends basically dared him to be a guest chef for a pop-up breakfast at chef Nick Stefanelli’s new restaurant Masseria. “Five minutes later, we had two weekends” planned, Emanuel says.
07.21.2015 | Urban Daddy
You’ve seen the big metal door that leads in here, the lights hanging from ropes, the benches modeled after sports-car seats. It’s all a little bit Los Angeles, a little bit 1950s Italy.
