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Is Sapori D'Italia Still Open? Update (Fountain Hills, AZ)

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As of September 2026, Sapori D'Italia is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed 2026.

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saporiditaliaaz.com ·
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Yelp ·

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What the source shows: The restaurant's own website, copyrighted 2026, lists current hours (Tuesday-Sunday, 4-9pm) and the Saguaro Boulevard address and phone number; a Yelp listing for the restaurant shows about 750 reviews and was updated in May 2026, both consistent with ongoing operation.

  • Season / episode Season 15, Episode 12
  • Original air date
  • Address 11865 N Saguaro Blvd, Fountain Hills, AZ 85268

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What happened after Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network)?

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) checked back in on Sapori D'Italia in Fountain Hills, Arizona, for the episode 'Revisited: All in the Family' (S15E12), which aired 2019-08-24. Robert Irvine had originally visited the Italian restaurant, owned by Gasper and Maria Manno, in a Season 5 episode that aired 2013-01-23, after finding a clean, well-run kitchen undercut by a wait staff that argued with each other in front of customers. The original rescue focused on service and staff coordination rather than the food itself, according to Robert Irvine's own recap of the visit published on chefirvine.com. The 2019 revisit, built around family dynamics, followed up on how the Manno family had managed the restaurant's staff and service in the years since.

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) visited Sapori D'Italia, an Italian restaurant in Fountain Hills, Arizona, for an episode that aired January 23, 2013. According to realitytvupdates.com, a tracker site covering the show (unverified), owners Gasper and Maria Manno had bought the restaurant about five years earlier at Maria's initiative, and by the time of filming the business was losing roughly $5,000 a month; the same site reported the Mannos had invested about $785,000 in the restaurant, taken a $300,000 equity loan against their home, and borrowed close to $200,000 more from friends and family to keep it running, and described visible conflict between Gasper and Maria over how the dining room was managed as a recurring theme of the episode.

Following the series' standard format, Robert Irvine and his crew spent about 48 hours and a roughly $10,000 budget reworking the restaurant's menu, kitchen operations, and dining room before a relaunch dinner intended to demonstrate the changes to the Manno family and the Fountain Hills community.

Restaurant: Impossible later revisited Sapori D'Italia in a follow-up "Revisited" episode that aired as part of the show's fifteenth season, checking on whether the Mannos had been able to keep running the restaurant together after the original renovation.

Unlike many restaurants featured on the series, Sapori D'Italia continues to operate today. The restaurant's own website, most recently copyrighted 2026, lists current hours of Tuesday through Sunday from 4 to 9 p.m. and the same Saguaro Boulevard address and phone number referenced in earlier coverage of the episode, and describes an ongoing menu of wood-fired pizza and casual Italian dishes. A Yelp listing for the restaurant shows about 750 reviews and a rating near 4.5 stars, with an update dated May 2026, consistent with the restaurant remaining active more than a decade after its Restaurant: Impossible renovation.

Featured on Restaurant: Impossible

Season / episode
Season 15, Episode 12
Original air date
Episode title
Revisited: All in the Family
What was featured
A follow-up on family and staff dynamics since the 2013 rescue
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Sapori D'Italia
Season / episode
Season 5, Episode 7
Original air date
Episode title
Sapori D'Italia
What was featured
menu and dining-room renovation of a debt-laden family Italian restaurant
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Sapori D'Italia

Frequently asked questions

Is Sapori D'Italia still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Sapori D'Italia is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed 2026.

What happened to Sapori D'Italia after Restaurant: Impossible?

Restaurant: Impossible (Food Network) checked back in on Sapori D'Italia in Fountain Hills, Arizona, for the episode 'Revisited: All in the Family' (S15E12), which aired 2019-08-24. As of September 2026, Sapori D'Italia is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed 2026.

Where is Sapori D'Italia located?

11865 N Saguaro Blvd, Fountain Hills, AZ 85268. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Restaurant: Impossible featured Sapori D'Italia?

Season 15, Episode 12 of Restaurant: Impossible, first aired August 24, 2019. The episode is titled “Revisited: All in the Family”.

Did the makeover last at Sapori D'Italia?

The episode first aired August 24, 2019. Our most recent check was September 7, 2026 — 7 years later —: As of September 2026, Sapori D'Italia is open — confirmed via the restaurant's current website/social account, accessed 2026.

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Address
11865 N Saguaro Blvd, Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
saporiditaliaaz.com

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