La Tavola is a neighborhood Italian restaurant that serves simple yet creative cuisine primarily from southern Italy. The restaurant is intimate, cozy, fun and energetic – the kind of food you could eat for a special occasion or every day. Exposed brick, dark wood floors, rustic colors and an open kitchen capture the flavor of a classic Italian trattoria. An extensive award-winning wine list and classic dishes made from the finest traditional ingredients and unpretentious, connected service complete the experience. La Tavola is open for dinner seven days a week and Sunday brunch can be enjoyed either inside the restaurant or on our patio. Executive Chef Craig Richards Craig Richards was named executive chef at La Tavola Trattoria in May 2005. He comes to Fifth Group Restaurants after gaining five years of training under the renowned first lady of Italian cuisine, Lidia Bastianich. Bastianich, an acclaimed restaurateur and cookbook author with her own PBS cooking series, has provided Richards with invaluable knowledge of the Italian-American kitchen. Craig began his culinary career in 1998 at Pachamama’s Restaurant in Kansas and from there, he took the culinary world by storm at Lidia’s Kansas City working his way up from senior line cook to sous chef. In 2001, Richards moved to Pittsburgh to open Lidia's in Pittsburgh as Executive Chef.