Chef Charles Draghi Is Serving Up a Taste of Erbaluce at Cinquecento

After closing his beloved Bay Village restaurant, Draghi is now helming a South End trattoria.


Charles Draghi Cinquecento chef

Since closing Erbaluce after New Year’s Eve, chef Charles Draghi has been consulting on projects and is now cooking nightly at Cinquecento in the South End. / Photo by Chris Glionna

As white truffle season sets in, we find ourselves really missing Erbaluce, which closed on New Year’s Day. The Piedmontese restaurant was a festive mainstay for Italian truffles, which chef Charles Draghi sourced annually from his ancestral homeland of Alba.

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