FOOD + DRINK

SLAH: Chef Danny Petrosino to Open a New Saratoga Restaurant

The former owner of Osteria Danny, who’s now making the pasta at Noah’s, is eyeing a springtime opening for Privato.

By Natalie Moore

October 2, 2026

The last time I saw Chef Danny Petrosino, he gave me a piece of unsolicited advice: If you’re going to retire, make sure you have a lot of hobbies and a lot of money.

When Danny and his wife, Patti, sold their Italian restaurant Osteria Danny to Nick Byrne in 2025, Danny entered retirement with some of both. But one can only ride a motorcycle and online shop so much. By the end of the year, he was working under Chef Noah Frese at Noah’s Italian, making pasta and gelato and serving as a sort of mentor to the 28-year-old head chef. Now, it seems that working in a kitchen was a slippery slope back to Danny’s true purpose: Owning his own restaurant.

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Natalie Moore

Natalie Moore is the editor of Saratoga Living and Capital Region Living magazines. A native of Ballston Lake, she began her career as an editorial intern at Saratoga Living, and, essentially, never left. In addition to overseeing the creation of the print magazines, she is the main contributor to Saratoga Living After Hours, a Substack newsletter that covers the Spa City’s social scene. In an alternate reality, she is a professional pickleball player.