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Cucciolo Famiglia Southpoint
Authentic Italian dining where family, flavor, and tradition meet in Durham.
5(5 reviews)
$$$
restaurant
italian
breakfast-and-brunch
Enjoy expertly prepared dishes like chicken piccata, lasagna, and shrimp scampi, made with fresh, high-quality ingredients in a classic style.
Savor delightful brunch options including lemon ricotta pancakes, carbonara benedict, and balanced cappuccinos in a cozy setting.
Sip on creative cocktails like the pistachio lemon sour and banana daiquiri, crafted with precision for a unique flavor experience.
Start your meal with favorites such as calamari, mussels, and artichoke bruschette, perfect for sharing and sampling.
Accommodate gatherings with a spacious patio and welcoming atmosphere, ideal for everyday meals with loved ones.
Authentic Italian dining where family, flavor, and tradition meet in Durham.
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Cucciolo Famiglia Southpoint brings the warmth of Italian hospitality to Durham with a focus on classic, expertly crafted dishes. As the third location from the Cucciolo family, this restaurant offers a welcoming atmosphere perfect for families, friends, and casual outings. Enjoy brunch delights like lemon ricotta pancakes, hearty mains such as chicken piccata and lasagna, and creative craft cocktails in a vibrant setting with a spacious patio. With a 4.6-star rating from rave reviews, we pride ourselves on fresh ingredients, attentive service, and an authentic taste of Italy.
Host private events or order catering for celebrations, featuring our signature Italian dishes and attentive service.
Cucciolo’s brunch was delightful. The cappuccino was well balanced. The lemon ricotta pancakes were zesty and creamy and were delightful on their own, no syrup needed. The prosciutto on the carbonara benedict was some of the best I’ve ever had and the polenta was nice and crisp in the polenta cake and creamy gravy. Look forward to returning and trying other dishes.
Absolutely fantastic experience at Cucciolo! We started with the calamari and mussels, and both were perfectly prepared—fresh, flavorful, and beautifully balanced. For our main course, we had the chicken parm with pasta, which was comforting, rich, and cooked just right. Truly classic Italian done exceptionally well. What made the evening even more special was our server, Gia. She was attentive, warm, and genuinely caring, elevating the entire dining experience. Her recommendations and timing were spot-on, and she made us feel truly welcomed. We’ll absolutely be back. Highly recommend for anyone looking for excellent Italian food and outstanding service in Durham!
I sat at the bar a hour before closeling on Saturday. The bartender was super helpful assisting me with choosing a drink I went with the pistachio lemon sour (not pictured) and the banana daiquiri (pictured). Great craft cocktail menu. Don't skip and appetizers. I ordered the Artichoke and pecorino bruschette. I could have eat several. For my main dish I ordered the Balsamic glazed porkchops with charred rainbow carrots and mashed potatoes. Absolutely delicious! Well seasoned, tender and full of flavor.
This is Cucciolo's third location and each have their unique style. This one seems to be more geared toward everyday dinning that can accommodate families and friend outings. I has wonderful Italian food. We will come again.
A new Italian restaurant in the Southpoint area has opened up, it’s time for the Toyotomi “The Shogun of Snaxx” Shibayoshi to put it to the test. If memory serves me correctly this is a sister restaurant to Osteria and Terraza both in the Raleigh and Durham areas. Let’s start with the visual esthetics, lovely color scheme inside and at the bar area, huge outside patio seating area as well. Now with what you and I are here for the FOOD. Toyotomi decided to sit at the bar and have a few cocktails to start, the pistachio lemon sour cocktail was phenomenal, just the right amount of acidity and sweetness, plus that mouth feel of the drink hits just the right notes, this drink was the salmon swimming up stream in delicate waters to a destination far away but alas it came to an end when the glass was empty, we yearned for another one but there are other drinks to try. We now move onto the Banana Daiquiri, this drink took the Shogun to a tropical jungle filled with ripe bananas falling off the tree into the palms of your hands, not overly banana 🍌 flavored but the perfect balance of Giffard Banane mixed with rum and orgeat, refreshing and smooth. Toyotomi moved into the Caesar salad with precision and determination, a excellent experience was had and might still be one of the best Caesar salads he has had in the area. Now to the mains, a assortment of delicacies were waiting for the main attack, Toyotomi drew his Katana/Fork and charged in. The lasagna was meaty and crisp on the edges, just how we like it, love the more classic style of it and that it’s not a bowl of sauce like in most American Italian places. The shrimp scampi 🍤 fought a hard battle but was taken quickly by the shogun, lightly sauced and full of flavor. The potato cacciatore gives you the full flavor of the the tomato with the other components bringing in the textures and subtle flavors to complete the dish. As the battle ensues the chicken marsala brings in great flavor from the mushroom based sauce and great textures from the chicken and the polenta, but the real star 💫 is the Piccata, perfect flavors attack your tastebuds like a wave of soldiers cresting the hill in the final battle as you have beaten your enemies. If you go to Famiglia and you are only getting one main dish, this is your guy. Toyotomi is not a piccata type of Shogun, but I think this one will change him. This piccata he will battle with again and again. Maybe he will make a reservation right after writing this review so he can meet the tastes back on the battlefield of flavor once again. Cucciolo Famiglia gets a. 5 out of 5 on the Imperial Katana of flavor scale. Toyotomi says “Yo Check it out”
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