Indulge your Italian side tonight and join us for Italian egg drop soup.

Visit us for dinner and warm up with stracciatella!

For those of you who have never heard of stracciatella, it is a delicious egg drop soup that is quite popular around Rome. Stracciatella, which means "little shred" in Italian, consists of lightly beaten eggs and a variety of other ingredients, depending on where you order it.

The perfect dish for brisk winter days like today, we know you'll enjoy Chef Claudio Ranallo's version of stracciatella. Served with a lightly beaten egg, cooked to perfection, Chef Ranallo's stracciatella is also accompanied by spinach in a chicken broth.

Join us tonight at La Piazza Dario for a taste of Chef Ranallo's incredibly delicious version of stracciatella soup and you will not be disappointed.

We look forward to seeing you!

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Discover the flavours of Italian pasta, perfectly prepared for a cold winter day!

It's January. It's chilly. Nothing sounds better than a bowl of warm soup with noodles, no? Chef Claudio whips up a delicious Italian version of the classic chicken noodle soup that will have your mouth watering.

Rich, luxurious tortellini stuffed with veal all bathed in a light chicken consomme, Chef Claudio's Tortellini in Brodo is the perfect comfort food to indulge in. As cozy as your couch and fleece pajamas sound, treat yourself to a night out at La Piazza Dario. You'll get that home cooked meal and satisfy those comfort food cravings in style and without having to do any cleaning up!

Not a bad deal! Visit us for a delicious bowl of Tortellini in Brodo and a glass of perfectly paired wine. 

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La Piazza Dario, tell me about tortellini!

We're willing to bet that if you've ever been to an Italian restaurant, you've heard of tortellini. Ring-shaped pasta that is almost always stuffed with some delicious filling made of cheese, meat, veggies, or some combination of all three, tortellini is an Italian classic when it comes to pasta dishes. And you better believe that this "navel-shaped" pasta, as it is sometimes referred to as, is molto delizioso!

If you have yet to try it, or it's one of your favourites, we have just the tortellini dishes for you! Come visit us for dinner and try our freshly made Tortellini Cardinale, veal stuffed pasta in a delectable cream and tomato sauce. We even have a tortellini soup, Tortellini in Brodo, which is tortellini stuffed with veal in consommé.

Read our full dinner menu here. We look forward to seeing you!

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Give yourself a midweek break & dine with us at La Piazza Dario.

It's the middle of the week, so why not take a break from your kitchen and let us cook you dinner!

We know life can get busy, so why not give yourself a break and let our family take care of yours. Order from our wide range of authentic Italian food and then sit back and relax with your friends and family while we do the cooking. Start your meal off with an antipasti (appetizer), or minestre (soup) and then indulge in one of our fantastico main courses; choose from pasta, pesce (fish), volatili (fowl), or carne (red meat).

Read our full dinner menu here.

See you tonight!

*Mercoledì Pausa (Wednesday Break) 

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Authentic Italian cooking rooted in the traditions of Italy and family.

La Piazza Dario's Antipasto della Casa

For the East Vancouver Italian restaurant, La Piazza Dario, it isn’t just about bringing great, authentic Italian food to the neighbourhood (although it is about those things), it’s about family.

Born in Ateleta, l’Aquila, Italy, La Piazza Dario’s Head Chef, Claudio Ranallo, has been cooking since he was a small boy in Italy. Claudio grew up raising animals, herding sheep throughout the vast mountains of Ateleta. Growing up with such a close relationship to animals, Claudio appreciated from a very young age the meaning of quality and fine food. Learning to cook alongside his father, who was also a chef, food has always been a family affair. The lessons and traditions that were ingrained in Claudio from his father have stayed with him throughout his entire life, apparent with each bite of every dish served at La Piazza Dario. It is truly a restaurant rooted in Italian tradition and family.

Claudio Ranallo

Claudio went on to become a culinary arts student at Cesare Augusto Hotel in Sorrento, Italy at the age of 15 and, post culinary arts school, he became a member of the Italian army where he was chosen to cook for many of the well known generals. When Claudio was finished serving the army, he became a chef in Northern Italy in an area known as Lago Maggiore. Here, Claudio worked with some very well known Italian chefs who helped cultivate his knowledge of authentic Italian food.

It was not until 1979 that Claudio and his parents came to Canada, a move that was made in order to be with their extended family. It was then that Claudio began working at La Piazza Dario. It wasn’t long before he was made Head Chef. Five years later, Claudio became a partner in the business and this April will mark the 34^th year since Claudio began creating the authentic Italian food that La Piazza Dario is so well known for.

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