Like the phoenix, Prego Ristorante has risen from the ashes eight months after a devastating kitchen fire closed the restaurant. Chef Ugo Allesina and his staff seem very happy to be back, and so were ...

IRVINE – A fire in a popular Italian restaurant is believed to have been caused by lack of maintenance in a kitchen’s ventilation duct, fire officials said. Investigators with the Orange County Fire ...

This week we are featuring Executive Chef and Partner Ugo Allesina of Prego Ristorante in north Irvine on the line. If you missed Part One of the interview, you can find it here. Stay tuned tomorrow ...

IRVINE Calif. Spectrum Restaurant Group, the once-prominent multiconcept group that slipped into bankruptcy two years ago, is selling two more remnants of its glory days: A Prego restaurant in Irvine, ...