By Helen Schwab

OGGI – "oh-jee" – means today in Italian. That's both a nod to the pastas and desserts made in-house, and an interesting irony, when you consider how old-school the place is.

It's run by chef-owner Eloy Roy, a native of Argentina who left accounting and began working in restaurants when he came to Miami in 1984. He learned to cook and eventually started making his own pasta and selling it to restaurants. That business grew, leading to selling his pastas and sauces to the public, then to his own restaurant by 1990. That continued to grow, too.

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