Cuisine:

• Italian
• Others

La Pergola Description:
One of the more distinctive Italian restaurants in the Valley, this charmer evokes the Tuscan countryside. Its main dining room offers comfortable seating at flower-topped tables beneath a beamed ceiling, amidst an impressive collection of Italian ceramics. Much of the produce that goes into the northern Italian cooking comes straight from owner-chef Tino Pettignano's 6,000-square-foot organic vegetable garden. An exhaustive list of nightly specials complements the conventional trattoria menu. We like the Caesar salad (heavy on the garlic), rigatoni in an assertive yet delicate Gorgonzola sauce, ravioli stuffed with zucchini flowers, and simple yet nicely grilled lamb chops marinated in a mustard sauce. For dessert, there's the ubiquitous tiramisu, fresh fruit and a lovely lemon-infused cheesecake. We've always lamented the fact that this delightful ristorante is not widely recognized beyond its loyal Valley clientele.


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