Valter Nassi, who brought high-end Italian dining to Utah, dies at 76
At his Valter’s Osteria and Cucina Toscana, Nassi ‘set the standard’ — and became a meme thanks to the ‘Real Housewives.’
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Valter Nassi at his restaurant, Valter's Osteria, in 2013. Nassi died Sept. 20, 2022, at the age of 76.
Stefene is the Utah Eats reporter at the Tribune. For 13 years, she was the culture editor at St. Louis Magazine and is the former managing editor for stltoday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's website. She is glad to be back in her hometown.