Morra brothers trade pizza peels for pasta at Yaletown osteria

The Morra brothers are stepping away from pizza. Dom and Frank Morra, the team behind Via Tevere, Don't Argue Pizza, Dante Italian Sandwich, and Straight Outta Brooklyn, are opening Rosalia Osteria in Yaletown this summer — a pasta-focused restaurant built around house-made noodles, family traditions, and the intimacy of a Sunday dinner at Nonna's table.

Named after the brothers' grandmother, Rosalia Osteria will occupy 1127 Mainland Street, the former home of Robba da Matti. The space is intimate by Vancouver standards: 13 seats indoors plus 20 on a garden-inspired patio. Frank and Dom grew up eating pasta almost every day, but Saturday afternoons with their grandmother were special. "She used to make us Sunday sauce on Saturdays," Frank recalls. "The least we could do was name the restaurant after her."

The menu centres on house-made pasta, joined by shareable antipasti, seasonal salads, classic Italian desserts, and a drinks program designed to encourage lingering — the kind of meal where a bottle of wine and a basket of bread stretch across hours. The space, designed by Tomlenovich Design, aims to evoke an Italian piazza with dusty rose limewashed walls, marble tabletops, and brass accents.

For the Morras, Rosalia represents a natural next chapter: building restaurants around Italian traditions and family recipes, this time with pasta at the centre.