The setting was ideal: Prima is an Italian-style ... from an open patio, which is beautifully furnished to invite conversation. A private guest house overlooks the courtyard.

Touring the old stone courtyards of Italy inspired ... special Thanksgiving dinner out on the patio during a particularly warm November. The oven has an Italian clay dome and can reach ...

But the patio – more of a courtyard, really, with mosaic tile tabletops, plants spilling out of large earthenware pots, and a large central reflecting pool combining to evoke an Italian piazza ...

The courtyard at Martinique Bistro was ... he took over and renovated that space for Avo, his classic Italian restaurant. Amazingly, he made the patio even prettier. BRENNAN'S Since 1956 ...