{"id":4,"date":"2016-07-11T17:30:08","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T17:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labottega.local\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2024-09-05T17:12:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T17:12:44","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labottegavail.com\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the twirl of linguine to a sip of Chianti, La Bottega will open up your palate to the vibrant flavors of North Italian cuisine. Located on Meadow Drive in Vail Village, guests can enjoy a memorable meal in the restaurant\u2019s intimate wine bar, inviting dining room, or out in the sunshine on the open-air patio. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Owners Stephen and Elisabetta Virion opened La Bottega in November of 1997, and have since given the restaurant a series of expansions and redesigns to create the Tuscan-inspired space it is today. The warm yet refined setting is complete with rustic stone columns, imported wood flooring and intricate Italian tiles. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Stephen has spent his life cooking around the world, from New York, Delaware and Chicago to Zurich, Vienna and Paris. Elisabetta is from Asiago, Italy, of a family rich with culinary heritage. Elisabetta\u2019s time spent working in the Italian wine industry, paired with Stephen\u2019s international chef talent, have embedded an authentic culture of European cuisine and hospitality into La Bottega.<\/span>
\nCome in to “Celebrando La Vita!\u201d as Stephen and Elisabetta would say \u2014 a lovely phrase in Italian that means, “Celebrate Life!”<\/span>
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From the twirl of linguine to a sip of Chianti, La Bottega will open up your palate to the vibrant flavors of North Italian cuisine. Located on Meadow Drive in Vail Village, guests can enjoy a memorable meal in the restaurant\u2019s intimate wine bar, inviting dining room, or out in the sunshine on the open-air …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-about.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"featured_image":"https:\/\/labottegavail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/8-21-24-La-Bottega-1st-edit-54.jpg","testimonials":[{"testimonial_content":"

…after my experience at La Bottega I wanted to run <\/em>to Williams Sonoma and buy a pasta making attachment for my kitchen aid because I was so inspired!<\/p>\n

Read the article<\/a><\/p>\n","testimonial_cite":"Elizabeth Van Lierde of The Whisking Kitchen","testimony_image":"https:\/\/labottegavail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/static1.squarespace.jpg"},{"testimonial_content":"

My son and I were in to compete in the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Trail Race. We drove to Vail 3 times that week to enjoy the Duck and Rabbit dishes. We met Stephen and Elisabetta during our last dinner there. Elisabetta was such an incredible hostess, despite a busy Friday night crowd, she ran out of the restaurant after we had left to wish my son good luck on his race. The food at La Bottega is of incredible culinary quality\u00a0and delight. We would fly to\u00a0Vail from Los Angeles to dine there.<\/p>\n","testimonial_cite":"E. Kronfli, Glendale, CA","testimony_image":"https:\/\/labottegavail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/La-Bottega-Lifestyle-88-of-209.jpg"},{"testimonial_content":"

My daughter and I had dinner there recently. Showed up with no reservation and were seated immediately at the bar, which is a fun place to sit. Huge thanks to Steve, the maitre D’. Our food, Bruschetta, salad, pizza and mussels, was fabulous. La Bottega remains my favorite place to eat in the Vail Valley.<\/p>\n","testimonial_cite":"Maury N., Annapolis, MD","testimony_image":"https:\/\/labottegavail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/La-Bottega-Lifestyle-75-of-209.jpg"},{"testimonial_content":"

Had the gnocchi. It was delicious. I’ve had nothing like it before. Great wine list. Friendly server. Spent a lot of time sitting by the brick oven, it was really cold out. Going back real soon.<\/p>\n","testimonial_cite":"Dan G., Boulder, CO","testimony_image":"https:\/\/labottegavail.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/La-Bottega-Lifestyle-130-of-209.jpg"}]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/labottegavail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/labottegavail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/labottegavail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labottegavail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/labottegavail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/labottegavail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1856,"href":"https:\/\/labottegavail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/1856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/labottegavail.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}