This place does indeed have nothing but great food. With the wide variety of Italian restaurants in the area I didn't know what to expect. One of the owners stopped by every table checking on everyone. Service was great! Our waiter was very attentive and checked on us periodically. Ricotta Cheesecake: very tasty and delicious but the walnut Tarte was definitely the hit at the table. Walnut Tarte with Vanilla Gelatto -YOU MUST GET THIS DESSERT!! It's the best thing I've ever tasted! Normally I always go for tiramisu at Italian restaurants but after reading the reviews of how great this dessert was I had to try it and I'm so glad I did! He loves gnocchi and he said it was the best he's ever had. RICOTTA GNOCCHI CON SALSICCIA E PORCINI – homemade ricotta gnocchi with sausage and porcini mushrooms in a light tomato and basil sauce with toasted fennel seed -B/F had this so i tried some also. SALMONE CON PIGNOLI – pignoli crusted salmon in a white wine sauce with lemon sauce finished with fresh basil -this was so good!!! I loved the way all the flavors came together! SPAGHETTI AL BOLOGNESE – spaghetti in a traditional meat sauce with fresh sage and sheep milk ricotta -friend loved itĭENTICE MARECHIARA – braised rep snapper in a light plum tomato and saffron brodetto surrounded by clams and mussels -friend who is very picky with food raved about how delicious this dish was. lamb meatball special: OH MY GOD! So delicious! It came with 3 meatballs and I could have eaten 24 of them! beet salad special (was small but it's an appetizer) This place is BYO, FYI.īread that was brought to the table was: bread with truffle honey butter and later a plate of crostini with a ricotta spread, garlic bread, and olives -YUM for the crostini!! I didn't have the bread or the olives. We chose to sat outside since it was a beautiful evening and it was fun to people watch everyone walking by. After reading the reviews on here I was confident that I would have a great dinner and I was right. Nonna Pupa had those necessary qualities and by the 1980s, the Cernobbio municipality had granted Nonna Pupa rights to transform the waste ground into ‘ Il Giardino della Valle’.Got a last minute table for 4 for an early dinner. Those individuals who, without the advantages of considerable wealth or political connections, manage to navigate through the murky waters of state bureaucracy need more than mere conviction to sustain their campaign. To overcome this inertia and achieve a personal vision like Nonna Pupa’s requires determination, tenacity, and patience. Taking on Italian officialdom is a daunting task since its attempts to balance the views of the various self-interested parties tend to favour retaining the status quo. She saw how this abandoned piece of waste ground could instead become a green corner of peace and beauty, and so set her mind to achieving just that. This eyesore was an affront to her sensibilities and of course a source of unregulated pollution flowing directly into the lake. Every time she walked into town she would pass the unofficial rubbish tip which filled the course of the valley running down towards the lake.
When she became widowed in 1972, she moved to Cernobbio to live in a cottage at the end of Via Plinio, part of the Antica Strada Regina which runs up the west side of the lake. She was born in August 1924 in Varese and moved to Como with her husband after the last war. Nonna Pupa died on Wednesday November 20th. This singularly beautiful oasis of calm, straddling the banks of a mountain stream as it descends to the lake alongside the Hotel Villa D’Este, exists thanks entirely to the vision and tenacity of Ida Lonati Frati, better known to all as Nonna Pupa. In some cases they owe their very existence, let alone their upkeep, to public-spirited private citizens – as in the case of Cernobbio’s Giardino della Valle (Valley Garden). Most of the well-maintained public spaces in and around Como are dependent on the goodwill of volunteers.
Ida Frati, better known as Nonna Pupa, the creator of Cernobbio’s Giardino della Valle
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