a 16-year-old Frank Romano was a server assistant st Kemoll's in downtown St. Louis, where he dropped offa couple of wine glasses for his manager to taste prospective glass pours with the wine sales representative, Stanley Browne. What followed from that fateful meeting is a now nearly 30-year-long mentorship, partnership, and friendship between Browne and Romano. It has led to the hotly anticipated Madrina, slated to open this month in Old Webster. The longtime friends and their wives, Arlene Browne and Laura Burns, envision Madrina as the embodiment of upscale-yetcomfortable Italian dining, the sort of place where you can go for an anniversary celebration or grab a seat at the bar and order a beer and a bowl of pasta on a Tuesday evening. Most importantly, they want customers to feel valued—for them, that's at the heart of
