Garage Buona Forchetta at 1000 C Avenue in Coronado occupies a 5,000-square-foot 1946 Dodge/Plymouth dealership known as the El Cordova Garage, converted into a Neapolitan restaurant by Italian-born founder Matteo Cattaneo and partner Marco Zannoni when it opened in March 2020. A custom Stefano Ferrara pizza oven shipped directly from Naples fires the Margherita, the house-recipe Alexa with fennel sausage, and the Marcello — a millefoglie-style pie created by a 2010 world pizza champion — while Neapolitan-trained pizzaiolos manage the dough room in the same Orange Avenue dining corridor as Nado Gelato Cafe around the corner on C Avenue. Cattaneo launched the original Buona Forchetta in San Diego's South Park in 2013, expanding to Liberty Station, Encinitas, and Petco Park before bringing the concept to Coronado Island, where he and his family live full-time. The attached Italian market sells imported pasta, olive oils, wine, and spirits alongside a walk-up café window serving espresso and house-baked pastries, creating a triple-format space that blends restaurant, retail, and counter service under one roof. Housemade pasta including pappardelle carbonara and vegan ravioli runs alongside a gluten-free pizza crust and focaccia program that shares the Coronado Island Italian dining lane occupied by Stake Chophouse & Bar on Orange Avenue. The Stefano Ferrara oven operates at approximately 900°F with a 60-to-90-second cook time per Neapolitan pie, producing a charred, blistered cornicione on a hand-stretched dough made from imported Caputo 00 flour.