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La Nonna, Italian for grandmother, is executive chef and owner Simone Riatti's restaurant on Meadow Drive, where he cooks the recipes he learned in his youth with his own nonna. Every pasta is made fresh in house each day with Pivetti flour from Italy.

It is a small, lively dining room rather than a hushed one, and it suits couples and small groups of up to four who book ahead. Larger parties are hard to seat here, and the restaurant does not take private events.

The menu

Antipasti include beef tartare with black truffle aioli, grilled Spanish octopus, fried calamari and homemade lemon ricotta. The pastas are the centre of the meal: gemelli with vodka-flambéed prosciutto in a light pink sauce, tagliatelle with wild boar ragù and ravioli with three mushrooms. The menu also has risotti and secondi, and meatballs of wagyu, Colorado lamb and veal over taleggio polenta.

The bar

The fully stocked bar pours Italian and domestic wines from a long list, imported and Colorado beers and cocktails such as an Emilia Spritz made with Lambrusco and a smoked mountain Negroni. There are non-alcoholic cocktails as well.

Booking a table

Dinner is served Monday to Saturday. The restaurant strongly recommends reservations, which open 30 days ahead by phone or OpenTable after 3 p.m. Tables are held for a set time by party size, and prime times go early, especially on holiday weekends. Patio seating cannot be reserved. La Nonna also closes for part of the spring off-season. The FAQ has the details.

Cook at home

For a night in, the Cook at Home menu sells the same fresh pastas (gemelli, rigatoni, linguine and tagliatelle) with sauces such as the beef and bison Bolognese, vodka and prosciutto or wild mushroom cream, in two- or four-serving portions. Order 48 hours ahead and pick up early in the evening.

Sources: home, dinner menu, bar, cook at home menu, reservations and hours. Checked September 23, 2026.

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100 E Meadow Dr Ste 24
Vail, 81657

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About La Nonna Vail

Quick answer: La Nonna Vail is a restaurant at 100 E Meadow Dr Ste 24, Vail, CO 81657. La Nonna in Vail Village serves chef Simone Riatti's Italian cooking, with pasta made fresh daily, a full bar and dinner Monday to Saturday. As of October 2026 it is closed for the fall off-season and reopens Monday, November 16, 2026, at 5 p.m., per its website.

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La Nonna, Italian for grandmother, is executive chef and owner Simone Riatti's restaurant on Meadow Drive, where he cooks the recipes he learned in his youth with his own nonna. Every pasta is made fresh in house each day with Pivetti flour from Italy.

It is a small, lively dining room rather than a hushed one, and it suits couples and small groups of up to four who book ahead. Larger parties are hard to seat here, and the restaurant does not take private events.

The menu

Antipasti include beef tartare with black truffle aioli, grilled Spanish octopus, fried calamari and homemade lemon ricotta. The pastas are the centre of the meal: gemelli with vodka-flambéed prosciutto in a light pink sauce, tagliatelle with wild boar ragù and ravioli with three mushrooms. The menu also has risotti and secondi, and meatballs of wagyu, Colorado lamb and veal over taleggio polenta.

The bar

The fully stocked bar pours Italian and domestic wines from a long list, imported and Colorado beers and cocktails such as an Emilia Spritz made with Lambrusco and a smoked mountain Negroni. There are non-alcoholic cocktails as well.

Booking a table

Dinner is served Monday to Saturday. The restaurant strongly recommends reservations, which open 30 days ahead by phone or OpenTable after 3 p.m. Tables are held for a set time by party size, and prime times go early, especially on holiday weekends. Patio seating cannot be reserved. La Nonna also closes for part of the spring off-season. The FAQ has the details.

Cook at home

For a night in, the Cook at Home menu sells the same fresh pastas (gemelli, rigatoni, linguine and tagliatelle) with sauces such as the beef and bison Bolognese, vodka and prosciutto or wild mushroom cream, in two- or four-serving portions. Order 48 hours ahead and pick up early in the evening.

Sources: home, dinner menu, bar, cook at home menu, reservations and hours. Checked September 23, 2026.

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Neighborhood: Vail Village
Cuisine: Italian
Service: Dinner
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Business Hours

Closed for the season · Reopens Nov 16

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Mon–SatClosed
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
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Closed

Amenities at La Nonna Vail

  • Full bar
  • Patio (first come, first served)
  • Vegetarian dishes
  • Gluten-free beer
  • Non-alcoholic cocktails
  • Cook at Home take-home kits
  • Table service

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the hours of La Nonna in Vail, and is it open in the off-season?
Dinner only, Monday to Saturday from 5 p.m. until close; closed on Sundays. The restaurant does not publish a closing clock time (OpenTable and Google show 9 p.m., best read as the last seating window). La Nonna closes twice a year between seasons, and the closures are the fact diners most need from this page: in fall 2026 it is closed from October 11 to November 15, reopening Monday, November 16 at 5 p.m.; in spring 2026 it closed from April 16 and reopened June 12. Always check the closure dates before a shoulder-season trip, because listings keep showing normal hours while it is closed.
How do I make a reservation at La Nonna?
Book up to 30 days ahead, after 3 p.m. Mountain Time, Monday to Saturday, by calling (970) 393-5959 or on OpenTable. Reservations are strongly recommended: the room is small and prime times go early, especially on holiday weekends. Do not email or message on Facebook for a reservation; the restaurant states those requests get no response. Tables are held for 1 hour 30 minutes for 1 or 2 guests, 1 hour 45 minutes for 3 or 4, and 2 hours for 5 to 8, and a reservation more than 15 minutes late may be canceled, so call if you are delayed. La Nonna is at 100 East Meadow Drive, Suite 24, in Vail Village; OpenTable notes free parking after 3:00 p.m. at the Vail Transportation Center.
What should I order at La Nonna?
Start with the pastas, all made fresh in house each day with Pivetti flour from Italy. The restaurant itself calls its local beef and bison Bolognese (served over homemade gnocchi, $36) and its wild mushroom cream sauce (over the Ravioli Tre Funghi, $35) its signatures, and its vodka and prosciutto sauce famous: the Gemelli alla Vodka e Prosciutto ($35) is the dish reviewers name most. Beyond pasta, order the Tagliatelle al Cinghiale with wild boar ragù ($36), the grilled mixed seafood Misto Mare ($33) to start, and the 14-hour Brasato Piemontese short rib ($56) as a main. The full menu is at lanonnavail.com/menu.
What do reviews say about La Nonna?
Reviews are excellent, and unusually consistent. As of October 2026, Google rates La Nonna 4.6 out of 5 from 464 reviews; OpenTable rates it 4.8 from 102 verified diner reviews (food 4.8, service 4.8, ambience 4.7, value 4.6). Diners praise the fresh pastas above all (the gemelli and the mushroom ravioli), the burrata, the service, and the patio and balcony tables in summer; the recurring criticisms are that the room runs warm and lively at peak and that reservations are genuinely hard to get.
What does a meal cost at La Nonna?
Pastas run $29 to $38, antipasti $6 to $33, and mains (secondi) $46 to $56, with the seafood risotto at $50; wines by the glass are $15 to $42 and cocktails $18 to $21. That is why the web's two labels disagree: OpenTable's "$31 to $50" describes a main course, and Google's "$100+" describes a full evening. Budget roughly $60 to $110 per person for two courses and a glass of wine, before tax and tip, and more if the deep Italian wine list (which runs to four-figure bottles) gets a vote.
What is the dress code at La Nonna?
Smart casual. OpenTable lists the dress code as Smart Casual and the dining style as Casual Elegant, and the official site sets no dress rule of its own. The chef's own framing, in Vail Magazine, is the room in one line: "you come in, you don't have to dress up, you sit down and relax and have a beautiful dinner." Polished but relaxed is the right read: no jacket required, no ski boots either.
Does La Nonna have vegetarian or gluten-free options?
Vegetarian, yes, and marked on the menu with a "(v)": among the pastas, the Ravioli Tre Funghi ($35), Linguine Crudaiola ($29), Gnocchi Primavera ($36), and the zucchini and yellow squash "cavatappi" ($34), plus the burrata, lemon ricotta, and focaccia to start. Gluten-free needs the honest version: no dish on the official menu is labeled gluten-free and there is no gluten-free pasta, so OpenTable's "Gluten-free Options" attribute overstates the menu; what the restaurant verifiably pours is gluten-free beer (Holidaily Favorite Blonde and Riva Stout, $11). Anyone cooking at home should know the Cook at Home sauces repeat the pattern (three vegetarian sauces, none labeled gluten-free). Call (970) 393-5959 before booking if gluten is a hard constraint.
Can I reserve a patio table at La Nonna?
No. Patio seating is strictly first come, first served, and the restaurant does not take reservations or requests for it, in its own capital letters on the reservations page. Book the dining room as normal and ask on arrival; reviewers single out the outdoor and balcony tables in summer, which is why they go first.
Can La Nonna seat a large group or host a private event?
No, not at present. The restaurant states it is not accepting bookings for large parties or private events; parties larger than four are extremely limited, and tables are not split. Ignore older directory copy advertising group capacity and a semi-private tower room: the restaurant's own reservations page governs, and it refuses. Families are a different question: there is no children's menu and the room is small, lively, and dinner-only with table time limits, but families do dine here, and an early seating is the comfortable way to do it.
What is the Cook at Home menu, and does La Nonna deliver?
Cook at Home is La Nonna's take-home offer: the same fresh pastas it serves (gemelli, rigatoni, linguine, tagliatelle) at $14 for two servings or $26 for four, with its sauces (Bolognese beef and bison $22/42, vodka e prosciutto $18/34, tre funghi mushroom cream $18/32, pomodoro $14/26). Order at least 48 hours ahead, by phone after 3 p.m. or by email, and pick up between 5:00 and 5:30 p.m.; it is not available on Sundays. There is no delivery service for La Nonna, and no published takeout menu; Cook at Home pickup is the at-home option.

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