Chef Vinny Esposito’s passion for Italian cuisine runs deep. Esposito, 67, opened Vinny’s Italian Kitchen at 5337 Gulf Drive, Suite 500, one week ago. He still remembers the tastes from his childhood and the flavors that came out of his grandmother Maria’s kitchen in Naples, Italy.

It’s those tastes, and those from his Italian-American family in New Jersey that he joined when he was 17, that he seeks to share with guests. “Little Italy in the heart of Anna Maria,” is how Chef Vinny — or Chef Vincenzo, if you will — sums it up.