Ristorante in Voorbeeldstad since 1994
Fresh pasta every morning, time every evening
Family restaurant Calvani cooks the classic food of northern Italy: handmade pasta, risotto, slow-braised secondi and a cellar of 240 Italian wines. In the centre of Voorbeeldstad, since 1994.
Open tonight from 18:00 · kitchen until 21:30
La cucina the kitchen
The cooking of the Po valley, from Piemonte to Emilia
Butter instead of olive oil, rice alongside pasta and sauces that are given hours. That is how Paolo cooked in 1994, and how his son Matteo cooks now.
Every morning we make six kinds of pasta, with eggs from a farmer just outside town and flour from Italy. By evening it is all gone. So tomorrow the menu may look slightly different.
How Calvani began- 1994open since
- 6pastas a day, by hand
- 240Italian wines
- 48seats
La carta on the menu now
Four courses, in the Italian order
You choose how many. Just a pasta and a dolce? That’s fine too.
Tajarin, freshly cut every morning
Antipasti
To start
Vitello tonnato
17Thinly sliced veal, creamy tuna sauce, caper berries
Carne cruda all’albese
18Hand-cut beef, lemon, olive oil, 30-month Parmigiano
Primi
Pasta and risotto, made in-house
Tajarin al burro e salvia
v19Thin egg pasta with forty yolks per kilo, beurre noisette, sage
Risotto alla milanese
24Carnaroli, saffron and bone marrow, served with a spoon
Secondi
Meat and fish
Brasato al Barolo
34Beef cheek, braised for eight hours in Barolo, creamy polenta
Ossobuco alla milanese
36Veal shank with gremolata and a small saffron risotto
Dolci
After dinner
Bonet
v11Piedmontese chocolate pudding with amaretti and caramel
Panna cotta
v10Vanilla, with a Barolo chinato syrup
Menu della casa the house menu
Let Matteo choose
Five courses from the menu, put together by the chef. Everyone at the table eats the same, course by course.
- AntipastoVitello tonnato
- PrimoAgnolotti del plin
- RisottoRisotto alla milanese, a half portion
- SecondoBrasato al Barolo
- DolceZabaione at the table
La cantina the wine cellar
240 wines, nearly all from small growers
Every spring Giulia drives round the vineyards in Piemonte, Toscana and beyond. What moves her goes into the cellar. So you won’t drink any wine here that you can also find in the supermarket.
A glass starts at €7, a bottle at €34. Not sure? Tell us what you are eating and what you like: Giulia will pour you a sip first.
See the wine list
In the cellar, by region
- Piemonte64
- Toscana48
- Veneto31
- Sicilia26
- Friuli22
- Lombardy17
- other regions32
La Saletta private dining
A room of your own for your family or your team
Behind the kitchen is La Saletta: one table for fourteen and your own waiter. Matteo goes through the menu with you beforehand. For family celebrations, a farewell or a business dinner.
- 8 – 14guests in La Saletta
- 48guests if you hire the whole restaurant
- €62p.p. for a four-course menu
La famiglia the family
Two generations, one table
Paolo opened Calvani with Rosanna, with twelve tables and a menu on one sheet of paper. Now their son Matteo cooks, daughter Giulia chooses the wine and Paolo is still kneading the dough every morning.
Meet the familyOrari opening hours
When we are open
- Wednesday to Saturday
- 18:00 – 22:30
- Sunday
- 17:00 – 21:30
- Monday and Tuesday
- closed
Last orders are one hour before closing. At Christmas and Easter the hours sometimes differ.
Dove siamo address
Where to find us
Voorbeeldstraat 1Voorbeeldstad
Car park across the road, three minutes away. From the station it is a ten-minute walk.
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