LOS MONITOS LANGUAGE CENTER TO OFFER ITALIAN LANGUAGE CLASS AT VINCENZO’S
Louisville, KY—Los Monitos Language Center and Vincenzo’s Italian Restaurant have teamed up to offer a unique food and language cultural experience. “The Vincenzo’s Italian Language and Culture Series” is a 10-week class that will allow participants to learn conversational Italian in a true Italian setting. Classes will take place on Monday nights, beginning May 10 from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. at Vincenzo’s Restaurant, located in downtown Louisville. Gionatan Surrenti of Los Monitos Language Center will be the language instructor.
Several cooking demonstrations by chef and co-owner of Vincenzo’s, Agostino Gabriele, are planned throughout the series. Each class will focus on the fundamentals of the Italian language with and emphasis on words and phrases used most often in cooking and dining. Participants will learn the essential elements of an Italian meal, restaurateur and server greetings, how to order beverages, and will have an understanding of essential ingredients and items used in preparing Italian meals. The 10-week series will culminate in a final dinner at Vincenzo’s Restaurant, with guests ordering and interacting with their server and the staff of Vincenzo’s in Italian!
The class will be taught in a private setting at Vincenzo’s and will be limited to 12 students. The 10-week experience, which includes language instruction, wine and food tastings and the final dinner at Vincenzo’s is priced at $475 per person. Interested participants may call (502) 893-0933 or visit www.losmonitos.com/vincenzos to enroll in the series.
About Vincenzo’s Italian Restaurant
Vincenzo’s is located in downtown Louisville at the corner of Fifth and Market Streets. Co-owned by brothers Vincenzo and Agostino Gabriele, Vincenzo’s serves a traditional Italian menu, featuring Louisville’s freshest filets of veal, seafood and pasta. Vincenzo’s has consistently won the prestigious Distinguished Restaurants of North America Award, the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence, and has been inducted into the Nation’s Restaurant News Hall of Fame. Vincenzo’s is online at www.vincenzositalianrestaurant.com .
About Los Monitos Language Center
For the last decade, Los Monitos has provided instruction, translation and interpreting for Southern Indiana and Louisville adults, children and businesses. Building on their successful origins as a Spanish language provider, in 2009 the company became a language center, expanding its language base to include French, German, Italian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and English (ESL). In 2010, students and customers come from almost every setting, including daycares, private, public and homeschools, for-profit and not-for-profit businesses, small language class settings in its Frankfort Avenue and Prospect locations and through special social programs, like Vincenzo’s Language and Culture Series. Los Monitos Language Center’s office is located at 2920 Frankfort Avenue (the former Mom’s Music location) and can be contacted by calling (502) 893-0933 or online at www.losmonitos.com .