You may get a taste of genuine Italian cuisine at Via Pre. Its proprietor is an Italian named Maurizio Ranauro, a native of the northern Italian city of Biella in the Piedmont area. The eatery gives locals a taste of Italian cuisine, notably North Italian. I questioned Maurizio, also known as Maury, when I met him about how he came up with the term “Via Pre”. It appears to have origins in Genoa’s Via di Prè, an alleyway close to the marina.