Next to the Village Cinema and the fountain playground area, you can’t miss newly opened North Italia. The first of its kind in Idaho, North Italia’s focus on chef-prepared from-scratch foods is a delightful addition to the Treasure Valley. Lunch, brunch, and dinner menus include local beers, non-alcoholic beverages, and wine selections. Each deliciously prepared meal is a visual treat as well as a tastebud delight. The welcoming dining experience ups the customer service game for restaurants – corporate brought in dozens of trainers and four managers to establish the culture, food, and service standards their brand is noted for around the country.
The menu offerings are grouped into sides, small plates, salads, pizza, chef’s board, strombolis, pasta, and entrees. Menu items include items like: the White Truffle Garlic Bread with house made ricotta, mozzarella, grana padano, and herbs; Wild Shrimp Scampi with blistered tomato, grana padano, garlic confit, herb butter, charred lemon, and grilled bread; and Hot Honey & Smoked Prosciutto Pizza with scamorza, speck, Calabrian honey, arugula, and pecorino toscano. Brunch menus include the decadent Strawberries & Cream French Toast as well as the Poached Eggs & Polenta. Those dining during happy hour or lunch can enjoy two variations of Garlic Knot Sliders – Sicilian Meatball and Chicken Pesto – in addition to sandwiches, salads, pizzas, and more. Entrée highlights include the house specialty Bolognese and Spicy Rigatoni Vodka pastas, as well as the Grilled Branzino, Pork Milanese, and Chicken Scarpariello, a nostalgic Italian dish made with sweet Italian sausage, piquillo pepper, fingerling potato, and chicken jus. And, leave room for dessert. North Italia offers eight scrumptious dessert options. If you can’t finish a course, a branded to-go container and carry-bag are easily available for taking food home to savor again.
The transformed 8,000 square foot interior space, new front entrance, and a wrap-around patio with home-like seating makes North Italia a place for inviting lunches or brunches, family dinners, and nice nights out. The full bar is comfortable but doesn’t take over the rest of the booth, table, and 1,400 square foot patio dining areas. The variety of seating options gives the restaurant an intimate feel, table-by-table. The remodeled space includes views into the kitchen. The men’s, women’s, and family restrooms are bright and found at the back of the main dining room.
North Italia’s Italian heritage is portrayed with locally commissioned pieces by Boise art collective Sector Seventeen, including a mural showcasing a woman riding on a vespa along the iconic Boise Red Bridge, a part of the Greenbelt trail system.
North Italia at The Village opened May 28th for lunch and dinner seven days a week. Brunches are served Saturdays and Sundays from 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Go for the food, stay for the experience!