ROCHESTER. Minn. — The proprietor of Victoria’s Italian restaurant in the downtown Koehler Hotel in Rochester has been named Restaurateur of the Year by the trade group Hospitality Minnesota. Natalie Victoria and her husband opened the street-level corner establishment in 1997. She began in the business three years earlier as a server and bartender in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Runners-up for 2025 Minnesota award:
> Trista Vogelpohl of the Green Mill Restaurant in Willmar.
> Brent Frederick, who operates 13 Twin Cities restaurants, including the high-profile Parlour; Butcher and the Boar; Shiki; and Rustica Bakery.