L'Opera

Celebrating over 30 years of award winning classic & modern Italian cuisine! Owner Terry Antonelli believes in a warm and elegant approach to fine dining. Chef Walter Cotta shops at local farmer's and produce markets throughout the week to insure the best quality ingredients. Our pastas, raviolis, bread, sauces and desserts are homemade. His menu also includes a number of vegan and gluten...

For those seeking to brush up on their Italian, lessons are played over the speakers in the bathrooms.

One of the more elegant spots in downtown Long Beach, L'Opera presents Italian cuisine amid a vintage earth-toned interior that wouldn't have been out of place a century ago. Attentive old-school service may strike the gastropub-going crowd as pretentious, but others might enjoy its throwback level of pampering. The menu features a sturdy mix of dishes --- some classic and others contemporary,...

True to its name, opera singers occasionally serenade well-heeled locals at this "grand" Italian "mainstay" in Long Beach as "knowledgeable" staffers serve up "superb pastas" and "tender" chops; yes, "the price is high", but for "special-occasion" "fine dining" or an "upscale" "date night" in a "gorgeous" "art deco" space, it's "the place."

The Scene
Situated along Long Beach's historic downtown Pine Avenue, the elegant setting and upper-echelon clientele are likely to impress dining companions. Large jade columns, white...

L'Opera Ristorante is one of the leading Italian-style restaurants in the United States. It serves a variety of soups, appetizers, desserts and salads. The restaurant s specialties include bruschetta tiepida, carpaccio classico, calamari fritti, caprese classica and formaggi misti. L'Opera Ristorante also offers pappardelle alla checca, cappelli lombardi, gnocchi filanti and cappellacci di...