Il Giardino opened its doors in August of 2010 and is a Northern Italian concept serving lunch and dinner. Celebrated Chef Angelo Traversa delivers authentic Italian cuisine and has created a menu that features fabulous salads, generous antipasti, signature pasta dishes, as well as weekly specials. The chef also offers signature dishes such as, Gnocchi Brasto, a potato dumpling with a boneless short rib meat sauce, Tortelloni D Argasta allo Zafferano, homemade lobster filled pasta with a light saffron sauce as well as the selection of seafood creations, pizza and meat skewers called Spiedo. Il Giardino has quickly become a popular hotspot for OC's business district lunch crowd, as well as for special dining and private event.