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TavolaWood-fired kitchen
(585) 555-0121Call

Since 2016

Wood-fired, made the same day

Dinner from 5, Wednesday to Saturday, and from 4 on Sundays. Book a table, or just walk in: the eight seats at the bar are never booked.

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  • Eleven tables and eight bar seats
  • Vegetarian and vegan on every section
  • Best pizza, Genesee Dish readers’ poll, 2025
A chef’s hands finishing a row of plates
Call or text (585) 555-0121 The eight seats at the bar are never booked.

271 Park Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607 Get directions

One wood oven and eleven tables, the same as when we opened in 2016.

Nina Castellano, chef and owner

A sample of what we’re serving this week. The full menu changes every few weeks, and the pasta runs out before the pizza does.

Pizza

Dough proved 48 hours, then 90 seconds in the wood oven. Any base can be gluten-free.

  • Margherita v $16 San Marzano, fior di latte, basil
  • Diavola s $19 Spicy soppressata, chili honey, mozzarella
  • Funghi bianca v $19 No sauce — taleggio, roast mushroom, thyme

Pasta

Rolled each morning. On Saturdays the cacio e pepe is usually gone by 8:30.

  • Cacio e pepe v e $18 Fresh tonnarelli, pecorino, black pepper
  • Rigatoni all’amatriciana $21 Guanciale, tomato, pecorino romano
  • Tagliatelle al ragù e $23 Slow beef and pork ragù, parmesan

To start, and to finish

  • Burrata and greens v $14 Whole burrata, bitter leaves, olive oil
  • Tiramisù v e $9 Made that morning, never the day before

Wine

Mostly Italian, and two from the Finger Lakes.

WineGlassBottle
Lambrusco di SorbaraDry and sparkling, Emilia $12 $44
Barbera d’AstiPiedmont $13 $48
Etna rossoNerello mascalese, Sicily $14 $52
Dry rieslingSeneca Lake $11 $40

v vegetarian · s spicy · e contains egg

Prices include tax. Gluten-free bases on request.

Tables with white cloths and wooden chairs in a bright dining room

Dinners and classes

Seats are limited; call or email to book.

  1. Barolo dinner

    6:30 pm

    Five courses with five wines from Piedmont. $95.

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  2. Pasta class

    The third Wednesday of every month · 2 to 4 pm

    Make our egg dough, shape three pastas, then eat them. $75.

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  3. Feast of the Seven Fishes

    6 pm

    Seven courses from the sea, the night before Christmas Eve. $85.

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  4. Sicilian wine dinner

    6:30 pm

    Five courses, five wines from Etna and the west coast. $90.

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The whole room, for a party

Tavola seats 30 for a private dinner on a Monday or Tuesday, when we’re otherwise closed. Four courses from the wood oven are $65 a person, before wine, tax and tip.

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Who’s cooking

  • Nina Castellano, chef and owner

    Four years on the line at a trattoria in Bologna, and on Tavola’s oven since the first night in 2016

  • Marco Reyes, pasta

    Rolls every sheet by hand, six mornings a week, since 2019

  • Best pizza, readers’ poll

    The Genesee Dish, 2023 and 2025

What people say

The best pizza in Rochester and it isn’t especially close. The crust has actual flavor.

Alex R.Regular

We turned up at nine on a Friday with no booking, ate at the bar, and it was the best meal we’d had in months.

Jo and SamWalk-in

The eight seats at the bar are never booked

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