At its height, Pasta Bravo operated 16 restaurants throughout the Orange and San Diego counties.

Pasta Bravo was founded by Tim Aspel in 1988, at The Crossroads Center in Irvine.

Pasta Bravo soon gained popularity and expanded to a total of 16 restaurants in Orange and San Diego counties.

[2] The first freestanding Pizza Hut/PastaBravo was opened in Clarksville, Tennessee by franchisee Carreca Enterprises Inc.[3] After the deal with Yum!, the Pasta Bravo chain was closed within eight years.

"[5] Three months later, Aspel switched to a grilled seafood concept with locations of Spike's Fish House.