La Piola means roughly a ‘gathering place’ in Piemontese dialect (Piemonte is a region in Northern Italy). It would
typically be a place where people talk and play games while they enjoy food and drink, so the atmosphere would be casual. Our La Piola achieves this by having a specialty deli mercato and a small, intimate, casual dining room
which houses professional artworks for sale; features evening entertainment by professional musicians and, of course, authentic Italian food and drinks.
Alberto is a member of the Island Chef's Collaborative, a group of chefs dedicated to sustainable eating and therefore, our menu is based on what is available organically, locally and seasonally.
Sample of the professional musicians we stage:
John MacArthur & Take Two/Take Three jazz.
John brings in musicians such as Don Cox, Alfons Fear, Kal Wood,
Miranda Sage, and Rebecca Everett.
Cold Cut Combo: Aaron Watson & Chris Sartisohn are a jazz duo who play accordion & guitar for a gypsy swing & Musette feel.
Oliver Swain Trio - Oliver is a Juno nominated double bass player and his back up guitarists join him to play Parisian jazz.
Brad Prevedoros is an award winning classical guitarist from Galiano Island.
Sunyata - Ken Hall & Jim Gawne play Latin/North African jazz fusion.
Visual Artists:
August - October 3, 2006:
Lindy MacArthur
October 5 - December 31, 2006: James Nesbitt will be presenting new abstract
works for the festival as well as showing some figurative wire sculptures
throughout the restaurant. All is for sale.
For more event information, please visit our
website.
Italian Bakery and Ristorante La Piola