Buca di Beppo translates as Joe s basement in Italian. The restaurant specializes in immigrant southern Italian food, served family style. The restaurants dishes are portioned to serve four to six people and Buca Small portions are perfectly sized for groups of two to three people. Buca s culinary team continuously returns to southern Italy to search out new dishes to bring back to guests. On Saturday and Sunday, the restaurant opens early for family dining in the early afternoon. It can also open early by special arrangement to accommodate group functions, and a special kitchen table is available in the restaurant s kitchen for guests who make early reservations. Opened in 1993, Buca di Beppo has locations in Roseville, Calif.