Maurizio's...a true taste of Italy

In the heart of Coppell, Maurizio's Southern-Italian staples are whipped up by a Naples native who, during a 14-year stint as a police officer in Rome, met his American future wife, who he followed back to Texas in 2004; he managed at Campania Pizza, Patrizio's & Cafe Pacific before opening his new restaurant, which sports earthy stone/wood trappings picked by his interior-decorator wife, a glittery black bar, and a custom oak-burning pizza oven.