“I asked the chef who planned this recipe and he wouldn’t let me talk to the boss. “I ordered a pasta up north in San Franciso and they were supposed to have egg inside, but had whipped cream,” he said. He said his one pet peeve is so-called Italian restaurants that don’t know how to prepare Italian food. Ironically, what he does while on vacation is “go to other restaurants,” he said. He greets each customer, and knows their taste in food if they are regulars. He is there seven days a week, sometimes up until 11 p.m. “We have parents come and request an outdoor table on the patio so they can dine while keeping an eye on their children only a few feet away,” he said. One unique selling proposition offered by Tra Di Noi is that they are located scant feet away from a children’s play area. Seafood is also big in the Malibu location, “because we are by the ocean and you expect it, and Italians love fish,” said Mosconi. “We have pizza because a lot of our customers bring kids and kids love pizza,” said Mosconi. While some might think it is a “given” at an Italian restaurant, upscale Italian restaurants think pizza is beneath them. One of the most expensive wines is Solaia at $140 to $145 a bottle. Mosconi stocks three types of wines at the Malibu location–Italian, French and Californian. The average meal at Tra Di Noi costs $18 to $20, plus drinks. “You cannot get the same taste with frozen vegetables. “I feel fresh vegetables are important,” he said. Mosconi often buys the vegetables for the restaurant himself. “When customers from Malibu tell me they are going to Italy, I tell them the name of my family’s restaurant in Rome and they go there and have their picture taken with my sister,” he said. He tries in every way to make Tra Di Noi like the restaurant run by his family in Rome. Mosconi was born into a restaurant family. “Here, in Malibu, we have many local families who come several times a week,” he said. Trastevere in Santa Monica is, by contrast, “a machine that feeds 1,200 a day,” and the one they own in the Marina, Il Faro, is for tourists. Tra Di Noi is Mosconi’s favorite “because it’s small and personal,” he said. The president of the corporation is Alessi. Borin runs another Italian restaurant named Sage Room (at the former location of Indigo Cafe at PCH and Kanan Dume Road). Tra Di Noi, which is also owned by Antonio Allessi and Claudio Borin, was originally founded in 1991 by Alessi and Borin at the site of the former La Scala restaurant.Īlthough the restaurant was closed for several months, Mosconi said he was able to find work for all the cooks and waiters at two other restaurants he is affiliated with, one in Marina Del Rey and the other on the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. Mosconi was rejoicing at the reopening of the restaurant Thursday, which was closed by the city since a December, 1999 fire destroyed a neighboring business and damaged the restaurant. The name of the restaurant is fitting–it means “just between us” in Italian–for the small, intimate, newly rebuilt restaurant more.“I have tomato sauce running in my blood,” said Tarcisio Mosconi, 49, co-owner and operator of the Tra Di Noi restaurant in Malibu’s Civic Center area. Yes the food is amazing but the tourist factor is high. skip itĭon’t go to Nobu on a Friday or Saturday. The Malibu Makos also offer private individual and family lessons. If you spend a week in the summer the best day camp is the Malibu Makos where the kids safely learn to surf at Zuma Beach. Hike down the staircase and check out the tide pools at Big Dume. From their you can lounge on the beach, swim or hike to the top of Point Dume and look for whales! In March and April the Mamas and babies are making their migration back from Mexico up to Alaska. Spot sea lions and watch for the whales to surface or spray.īest beach day: head to Point Dume early and park in the Westward Beach Parking lot. Go whale watching perched at the top of Point Dume's picturesque lookout spot.Malibu Farm: Dinner on the Malibu Pier!.Cafe Habana: A regular spot for our family, Randy Gerber's spot at the Lumber Yard.Tra Di Noi at the Malibu Country Mart: One of our favorite spots! Make sure to get a table outside and the kids can play on the playground while you enjoy a glass of wine.John's Garden: Order the Princess Sandwich and the Carob shake!.Malibu Sunlife Organics: The Bliss Bowl. Lily's Malibu at Point Dume: The breakfast Burrito.OLLO serving Laird Hamilton's favorite breakfast.Also our friend’s newly refurbished spot called The Native Hotel is close to Zuma Beach and Point Dume. However, if you live in Marin flying To/From Oakland is rarely ever delayed! Where to Stay Ideal length of trip: A WEEKEND OR EVEN BETTER -1 WEEK.Trip type: Family, Group getaway, Beach.More about your oliver guide: Courtney Murphy.
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