1234 Placeholder Street, Vancouver
Tuesday to Sunday, from 5 pm
(604) 555-0100

A long dining table set with glassware in a dark, softly lit room
Cucina di mare · Vancouver

Luna Azzurra

Italian coastal cooking, British Columbia waters, and a room lit low enough to forget the hour.

A cook's floured hands shaping fresh tagliatelle on a dark work surface
Our story

From the Amalfi coast
to Coal Harbour

Matteo Rinaldi grew up above his family's kitchen in Praiano, where the menu was whatever the boats brought in before dawn and the last plates went out when the moon was high over the water. They called that hour la luna azzurra.

He came to Vancouver for a season and stayed for the coastline. Luna Azzurra is that kitchen, moved nine thousand kilometres west: forty seats, a short menu, pasta rolled each afternoon, and what this coast gives us.

Matteo RinaldiChef & proprietor

From the kitchen

Three plates we
never take off

See the full menu
A chef spooning dressing over thinly sliced raw fish on a pale stoneware plate
Antipasto

Crudo di halibut

Pacific halibut, Amalfi lemon, olive oil, sea salt.

Handmade pasta with tomato and grated cheese in a rustic bowl, seen from above
Primo

Farfalle al pomodoro

Hand-pinched pasta, slow San Marzano, aged pecorino.

A slice of tiramisù dusted with cocoa on a white plate against a black background
Dolce

Tiramisù della casa

Mascarpone, espresso, Marsala, bitter cocoa.

A full moon over a dark blue sea at night
La luna azzurra

“The best hour in a kitchen is the last one, when the room goes quiet and the sea goes blue.”


Join us

An evening
at the table

We open the book thirty days ahead. For parties of nine or more, or to take the room for a private dinner, please call us directly.

Reserve a table
Hours
Tuesday to Sunday5 pm until late · closed Monday
Address
1234 Placeholder StreetVancouver, British Columbia
Telephone
(604) 555-0100