Portallini is a fictional town located within the Flipverse. It is home to Papa's Pastaria.
Portallini is represented in Griller Stadium by the Portallini Gondoliers baseball team and the Portallini Tridents hockey team. In August, the city holds Neptune's Feast, a festival where townsfolk celebrate their love for seafood by throwing feasts. And every September, the city holds the Gondola 500, "the largest-drawing sporting event in the area." [1]
Portallini is the hometown of the Romano Family Quartet, as well as where Little Edoardo and Olga were married. In their honor, the town celebrates the Romano Wedding in April as one of its holidays.
From the Flipline Studios Blog[]
Portallini is one of the oldest towns around. Many people come from all around to explore the ancient canalways aboard the iconic gondolas that drift along the crystal blue waters. [2]
Locations[]
Businesses[]
- Chicory Café, a popular coffee shop.
- Crystal's View, a fortune-telling service owned by Crystal.
- Papa's Pastaria, Papa Louie's ninth restaurant.
- Ricotta Inn, a hotel Sienna manages.
Miscellaneous[]
- Polpo Garden
- Unnamed wedding chapel
- Buridda Canal
- Cacio Canal
- Cozze Slip
- Pepe Waterway
- Scampi Canal
- Vongola Waterway
Townspeople[]
- Bruna Romano: An accordion player in the Romano Family Quartet. Edoardo Romano's daughter.
- Carlo Romano: A mandolin player in the Romano Family Quartet. Edoardo's son.
- Crystal: A clairvoyant and owner of Crystal's View. She carries her pet mink, Cannoli.
- Deano: A gondolier who worked at the boat docks and was mentored by the late Maximo Del Mare. [3]
- Edoardo Romano: Patriarch of the Romano family, and a percussionist in the Romano Family Quartet. Lives at 400 Cozze Slip with his wife Olga.
- Gino Romano: A bass player in the Romano Family Quartet. Edoardo's nephew.
- Olga: Retired. Edoardo's wife. Originally from Tastyville.
- Olivia: A student at Cavatelli Community College who is a party planner and a huge fan of Party Subs. Works at Papa's Cluckeria in Oilseed Springs.
- Sienna: Manager of the Ricotta Inn. Moved to Portallini from Toastwood.
Trivia[]
- Portallini is a play on the words "port" and "tortellini", which is a typed of stuffed pasta commonly found in various Italian cities.
- The Portallini Feast holiday is based on the food in Portallini.
- Portallini is based on and inspired by Venice, Italy.
- During St. Paddy's Day, the canal water in Portallini is green in color, resembling the tradition of dyeing the Chicago River green on the holiday. [4]
- At the start of the day, Deano steers his gondola with one customer onboard with some exceptions.
- During Gondola 500, Nick steers the gondola. However, if Nick visits the restaurant as the first customer, Deano will sail his gondola.
- During New Year/Lunar New Year, since the water is frozen, the gondola is absent. In Papa's Pastaria during New Year, one customer skates on the ice instead.
