Friday, April 19, 2019

Gianna, the Latest from Donald Link’s Restaurant Group, Opens Tomorrow - Eater New Orleans

Written by   on   in ,   with No comments

The long-awaited Italian restaurant from Donald Link and James Beard Award-winning Herbsaint chef, Rebecca Wilcomb, opens tomorrow, April 20, on the corner of Magazine and Girod Streets.

Construction began last fall on the 6,000-square foot Italian restaurant in the Warehouse District, the Link restaurant group’s first new opening since Peche in 2013.

Dining room at Gianna
Brasted
Dining room at Gianna
Brasted

Inspiration for the menu comes from the rustic cooking of Southern Italy, which has a similar climate to New Orleans. Overall though, the food is the group’s interpretation of Italian cuisine, which the they’ve been researching during visits to Italy. Wilcomb will cook her grandmother’s “tortellini in brodo” (broth), meat-filled pasta dumplings in clear chicken broth served with parmesan cheese among other fresh pastas, and the bar will pour Italian wines alongside cocktail bases of Vermouth, Apertivo, and Amari. The price point is about the same as Link’s other nearby restaurants, Pêche and Cochon.

Brasted

Gianna will also serve daily antipasti, house-cured meats, locally farmed produce, Gulf seafood and house-made pastas, in addition to rotisserie meats cooked in the wood-burning oven.

Gianna’s wood-burning oven
Brasted

With partners Donald Link, Stephen Stryjewski, and Rebecca Wilcomb, long time Link Restaurant GM Heather Lolley and Ryan Prewitt of Pêche have also joined the ownership group.

Starting tomorrow, Gianna is open for lunch and dinner Monday through Saturday. Check out the opening menu below.

Do you have a hot restaurant tip? Noticed a spot in your neighborhood opening or closing? Send an email.

Looking for restaurant recs or a place to chat about favorite restaurants? Join Eater NOLA’s Facebook group.

Let's block ads! (Why?)

https://nola.eater.com/2019/4/19/18485585/inside-look-gianna-latest-donald-link-restaurant-group 2019-04-19 19:35:15Z
Share:

0 Comments:

Post a Comment