On Monday, October 14, the boutique high-end lifestyle brand, SOGNO TOSCANO, opens the doors of its second West Coast location in the heart of Los Angeles offering an expanded full-service culinary experience for the first time. Located at Caruso’s storied The Grove shopping and retail destination, SOGNO TOSCANO continues their expansion as an authentic Italian destination providing guests the highest quality products direct from Italy; convivial service and accessibility ideal for both special and casual moments. Unlike previous locations, the new SOGNO TOSCANO The Grove provides a full service dining opportunity for guests to revel in, enjoying hand-selected and sourced ingredients from across the country served in collaboration with Los Angeles’ seasonal bounty of produce and proteins.
The 2,100 sq ft. location provides both an intimate dining cafe and beautiful al fresco dining patio nestled behind The Grove’s focal fountain transporting guests to the Trevi without leaving home. The menu will focus on classic Italian dishes heightened by local purveyors and farmers across Crudos, Pastas, Pizzas, Verdure and Entrees which include:
● Artichoke Salad with Sardinian artichokes, wild arugula, 24-month parmigiano-reggiano, lemon and focaccia
● Tonno alla Sicilana with bluefin tuna, radish, onion, fresno chili and extra virgin olive oil
● Capasanta Toscano with scallop, wild mint, blood orange, extra virgin olive oil and rose vinegar
● Schiacciate (Tuscan Style Focaccia Sandwiches)
○ Maremma with salame toscano, aged pecorino di Montalcino, asparagus spread, wild arugula
○ Delicata with prosciutto cotto, stracchino, tomato confit, acacia honey
● Pinsa Romana Tartufata with smoked scamorza, 24-month prosciutto di Parma, black truffle sauce
● Pasta Frecsa Amatriciana with fusilli al Ferreto, organic tomato sauce, pecorino fossa, guanicale
● Orata al Forno with sea bream, tomatoes in sea water, sicilian capers, taggiasca olives, baby potatoes, Sardinian anchovies
As signature to the SOGNO TOSCANO experience, offerings will integrate a variety of high-quality, specialty retail food products under the single label of the acclaimed “Sogno Toscano” brand which include olive oils, including the brand’s best-selling finishing olive oil called “Fattoria”; an assortment of Tomatoes, all procured from the South of Italy, VPN certified including baby red confit tomatoes, O’ Vesuvio semi-dried tomatoes, and yellow datterini in their sauce; Artisanal organic pastas; olives; and DOP cheeses such as Taleggio, Parmigiano Reggiano, Grana Padano, Asiago, Mozzarella di Bufala, Burrata di Andria, Piave; Terra di Siena charcuterie meats; among authentic products.
The inspiration behind the restaurant expansion developed organically, recognizing an opportunity to expand the brand’s growing reach and capabilities while maintaining the pursuit of sharing Tuscan traditions with people who have not had the opportunity to visit the renowned areas in Italy, and equally, for those from the region, to provide a home away from home. Depending on the time of day – breakfast, lunch, aperitivo, or dinner – SOGNO TOSCANO will serve an exquisite selection of the finest Italian delicacies, such as: Caffè, Espresso, Cappuccino and Pastries in the morning; Focacce tipiche Toscane and salads in the afternoon; and grazing platters such Taglieri misti with Burrata and cheeses as well as Prosciutto Toscano and salumi in the early evenings. New to The Grove location as well is the brand’s first foray into cocktails, crafting up classic interpretations of regional specialities including Siena Paloma with mezcal, italicus rosolio, lime, pink guava puree and ginger beer; Smoked Cypress with bourbon, amaro tosolini and bitters; or the Sogno Negroni with gin, campari, amaro braulio and peychaud’s bitters.
SOGNO TOSCANO was founded in 2007 after childhood best friends, Pietro Brembilla and Brian Persico moved from the tony town of Bolgheri in Tuscany to New York City with some bottles of finishing olive oil, Fattoria, that their families have been producing for generations. The duo were inspired to fuse high-quality and creativity into a simple, accessible and successful service for all NYC restaurants: providing Private Labels for bottled Extra Virgin Olive Oil straight from Tuscany. The success from their olive oil allowed SOGNO TOSCANO to open their first US-based warehouse, importing more products from Italy as well as some locally sourced in The States. Since then, as a result of extensive research and hard work, SOGNO TOSCANO has become the only company in the industry to apply the model of a single brand food distributor, working with numerous partners, to import products directly from Italy with no intermediary, third-party connection. The brand maintains high standards from inception to delivery, client to client including award-winning chefs in New York City to critically-acclaimed restaurants in Los Angeles.
SOGNO TOSCANO products are available for purchase from their cafe and marketplace in Santa Monica (1512 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403) and on their e-commerce website.
SOGNO TOSCANO is located at 189 The Grove Dr, Suite H2, Los Angeles, CA 90036.
HOURS: Monday-Sunday; 11AM-11PM.
