A low-key, “creative trattoria” serving up a pasta-centric menu by seasoned Michelin-starred chef Stefano De Lorenzo.

De Lorenzo was previously chef-owner of La Botte, the long-running, Michelin-starred fine dining room in Santa Monica that closed in 2014. Colapasta, named after the Italian word for colander, sees the Italian chef serve up affordable homemade pasta dishes in a  nondescript - modern, glass-fronted space. 

A short offering of seven or so pastas on the menu at any given time, from potato gnocchi dressed simply in olive oil and tossed with slivered almonds, sweet cherry tomatoes and wild arugula to classic beef ragù lasagna and plates of the house specialty of casunziei - fresh-stuffed pasta native, from De Lorenzo's home region in northern Italy, Dolimiti. 

Ideal For

Pasta-bilities

Signature Dishes

Sliced paper-thin aged beef with arugula and, burrata; classic beef ragù lasagna; ricotta gnocchi with wild arugula, cherry tomatoes & almonds and half moon shaped red beet ravioli, brown butter and poppy seeds.