Mangia Cucina & Bar is cozy, casual & authentically Italian, situated in a converted heritage house in beautiful Mount Pleasant in Vancouver, BC since Sept 2018.
‘Mangia Cucina & Bar’ is the culmination of years of hard work and focus, where Chef Alessandro can now showcase his love for regional Italian cuisine, cook some of his favorite pasta and share his recipes with the local community. Chef Alessandro’s vision is to bring the tastes of his childhood from Italy to Vancouver, while adding his own interpretation.
The menu at Mangia Cucina & Bar takes an inspiration from one of the oldest, most varied, and best-loved cuisines of Europe, at once frugal and extravagant, robustly simple yet handsomely ornate. For twenty-five centuries the people of Sicily have been creating what is perhaps the basic cuisine of Europe – in the heart of the Mediterranean, influenced by the West & the East, blessed with fertile soil and a beneficent climate. Chef Riccobono uses his skills to survey the bounty of the Italian table, weaving local ingredients in a wonderfully appetizing presentation, reminiscing the warm Sicilian sunshine of his hometown.
