From Nonna’s Kitchen to Lucca’s Table
Chef Claudio’s mom (center) with his aunt and uncle at a family dinner in Italy.
Submit Your Family Recipe for Lucca’s Nonna Dinner
Monday, April 20, 2026
Some recipes are written down. Others are remembered by heart.
Join us at Lucca Osteria & Bar for a one-night-only Old-School Italian Nonna Dinner — a five-course, family-style experience inspired by real family recipes from our community.
A Community-Built Menu
This isn’t just a dinner. It’s a celebration of the recipes that showed up at every holiday, every Sunday, every family gathering that ran longer than planned. The whole idea is for our guests to send us their beloved family recipes.
We’re selecting five winning family recipes to build a five-course menu.
Each winning dish will be:
Prepared by Lucca’s culinary team
Served family-style
Credited to the family who submitted it
Shared alongside the story behind the recipe
And each winner will receive two complimentary dinners that evening to experience their family’s dish on Lucca’s table. It doesn’t need to be perfect. Some of the best recipes never were. If you have a recipe that deserves a spotlight, now’s the time.
Submissions close March 30, 2026. Winners must be present at the dinner on April 20.
The Dinner Experience
On April 20, we’ll gather for a five-course, family-style Italian dinner, crafted from the selected Nonna recipes and served the way it always should be — meant to pass, share, and savor together.
The evening includes:
Five-course family-style dinner
Pre-selected table wines
A live dinner show featuring a tribute to Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, performed by Tony Ocean and Bill Serritella. Think classic Italian supper club with Sinatra in the background. Learn more about the performers here: www.oceansratpack.com
Ticket Information
Tickets are $125 plus tax and gratuity.
This is a prepaid event with limited seating. 21+ only.
We hope to see you there!
Every family has that one dish. The one everyone requests. The one that tastes like childhood. The one that brings someone back to the table. This dinner is about honoring those recipes and the people behind them. From Nonna’s kitchen… to ours… to your table.
We can’t wait to see what you submit.
