OUR STORY THE MANDOLAS BRING DECADES OF CULINARY EXPERIENCE TO EACH OF THEIR VENTURES. THE MANDOLAS BRING DECADES OF CULINARY EXPERIENCE TO EACH OF THEIR VENTURES. Damian’s decades of experience started with “Damian’s Fine Italian Food”- a restaurant he started as a college senior in 1975. Trina’s began in high school, working for the famous Swinging Door Bar-B-Que in her hometown of Richmond, Texas.