Fall in love, with the most incredible Northern Italian Restaurant dining experience you've ever had!
Welcome to CiaoCristina! In Venice, enjoying life means enjoying great food perfectly paired with fine spirits, laughter & the company of good friends!
Specializing in affordable classic Italian cuisine, CiaoCristina emphasizes Northern Italian food with a Venetian Flair.
We invite you to feel the passion & experience delicious, authentic Northern Italian menus, superb wines, crafted beers & designer cocktails.
The warm, ambient atmosphere will make you feel as though you stepped off the stone paved calle & into the lifestyle of Venetian!
Start the evening with a Venexian spritz or any one our featured cocktails.
Order our tasty appetizers, & select from our unique wine list, featuring limited production, estate grown & organic vintages. Then, tuck into the tantalizing mushroom or classic bolognese lasagnas.
Finish the evening to perfection with limoncello, artisanal gelato or an espresso! You too will exclaim "CiaoCristina!"
Located directly across from The Warner Brothers Studios in Toluca Lake and short distance from Walt Disney, NBC and Universal Studios, CiaoCristina has become a favorite spot for the staff, the casts, and the crews of the studios and our neighbors as well.
Audience guests can have great food and drink while waiting to see such shows as The Ellen Show, Conan O’Brien, George Lopez, Mike & Molly, Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men.
Chef Cristina was born in the Dorsoduro neighborhood in Venexia (Venice) Italy, where as a child, she watched her mother cook classic simple dishes.
It was here that she developed a deep passion and love of Venetian Cuisine and Culture.
Now Cristina has created a menu from her mother’s recipes for the restaurant while adding some modern touches including Vegan, vegetarian, organic and gluten free dishes.
CiaoCristina is also known for its gourmet thin crust pizza. The dough is made in house daily with a proprietary formula developed over several years of research in the United States and of course, Italy.
The pizza sauce is made in house daily and does not come directly from a can as in most pizzerias.
We use fresh, natural and organic toppings whenever possible.
Our signature pizzas feature Chef Cristina’s unique Pizza di Bosco (Pizza of the Forest), made with a mushroom reduction sauce and topped with white mushrooms, Portabello mushrooms and the very rare Porcini mushroom; the CiaoCristina Pizza with red peppers, green olives and roasted tomatoes (colors of the Italian Flag); and the Pizza Accadamia, a Margherita pizza topped with Prosciutto or Bresaola (dried Italian beef) all topped with the freshest Mozzarella cheeses (the white of the flag) available.
We offer a full bar featuring many choices of the finest liquors available in addition to a large selection of Italian aperitifs and after dinner drinks.
We make all our own mixes using fresh fruit and pure cane sugar and offer all natural cane sugar sodas.
Our reasonably priced wine list features the wines of Italy and the American West coast.
Our wines, by the glass and the bottle, are exceptional value for the quality wine served.
We offer over 20 draught beers on tap featuring American craft beer and a selection of the best Italian and European available in Southern California.
Some of our brewers include Stone Brewing, Anchor Brewing, Green Flash, Sierra Nevada, Moretti, Peroni, Guinness and Stella Artois.
We also feature a selection of bottled beer including Non-Alcohol and Gluten Free Beer.
Offering flavorful dishes paired with fine wines and a full bar, CiaoCristina provides patrons with the chance to experience the magic of North Italian Cuisine in Toluca Lake.