Rosalia Osteria opens Yaletown with house-made pasta, family recipes

Brothers Dom and Frank Morra are opening Rosalia Osteria, a 33-seat restaurant in Yaletown named after their grandmother, built around house-made pasta and family recipes.

The restaurant takes its name from their grandmother—not as a brand but because she earned it. "She babysat us every Saturday and she used to make us Sunday sauce on Saturdays," Frank recalls. "I was not an easy kid to deal with. So much energy. But I always remember how much I loved her pasta." Growing up, pasta was the daily centerpiece of their kitchen. "We ate it almost every day," Dom says. "But those Saturdays with my grandmother were special."

Located at 1127 Mainland Street in Yaletown, the restaurant will feature 13 seats inside—including a two-seat bar overlooking the open kitchen—plus a 20-seat patio for year-round seating. The design, by Tomlenovich Design, blends dusty rose limewashed walls, marble tabletops, brass accents, and curves referencing old European cafés and neighbourhood osterias, while remaining unmistakably Yaletown. The brothers describe the aesthetic as "romantic without being precious. Not formal, but a clear departure from the pizza restaurants. More like a different room in the same house."

The concise menu will centre on house-made pasta dishes, antipasti, seasonal salads, and desserts—the kinds of dishes you'd encounter at Sunday dinner. A drinks program follows the same instinct. The brothers' earlier ventures—Via Tevere, Don't Argue Pizza, and Straight Outta Brooklyn—built their reputation around pizza. Rosalia Osteria represents a homecoming to the food that shaped them. "That is what we want to share at Rosalia," Dom says.