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Girasole Italian Cuisine - The Plains, VA

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Holiday Art, Wine, & Gift Sale

Join us in our lounge on Sunday, December 7th from 2:00pm – 6:00pm for our annual Holiday gift sale! Open to all and free to attend. No reservation required.

Let us help you find the perfect gift for yourself, a friend or family member, or for your employees! Purchase items from our Pantry individually or in a gift basket curated by Lydia. A limited number of imported soap stone trays and wine coolers, Italian ceramic cruets, and signed magnum sized bottles are also available. Read more about our gift baskets and rare and unique wine gift boxes below.

Oil painting by artist Robert Patierno

View and purchase artworks by internationally renowned printmaker, draftsman and painter (and Chef Lou’s brother) Robert Patierno, whose strongly graphic and powerful works have been exhibited and are on permanent display throughout the United States and across Europe. His artwork is on display throughout the restaurant, including the murals at our main entrance and on the side of the building. The art sale will feature several works not currently on display at the restaurant, including many new watercolors and prints. View more of Robert’s work here, and read more about Robert and his most recent exhibition here.

Gift Certificates
Call to order a gift certificate for any amount, redeemable at any time whether for dinner, or for one of our events or upcoming wine dinners in the new year! Pick up at the restaurant or have it mailed to you or the recipient.

Gourmet Gift Baskets
Our gourmet gift baskets include local, imported, and house made specialties from our Pantry, such as artisanal extra virgin olive oils from Sicily and Tuscany, organic Parmigiano Reggiano, cured meats, amarena cherries and aged balsamic, French marzipan candies, Filippi panettone, and our house made bread, pastas, and biscotti. Create your own or have Lydia create one for you based on your price range. Starting at $120.

Wine Gift Box
Each gift box contains 3 bottles of wine with retail pricing. Make your own selection, ask Lydia for her recommendations based on your price range, or choose from the following. Starting at $90.
Lydia’s favorite Tuscan Reds $200
Lydia’s favorite Barolo’s $275

Biordi Imported Italian Pottery and Ceramics
“Biordi Art Imports offers the finest in imported Italian pottery from artisans in Deruta, Castelli, Siena, Florence and many of Italy’s other historical villages known for majolica. We only sell the best, heirloom quality Italian pottery and proudly bring these handmade, hand-painted, one-of-a-kind ceramics to you!” A limited selection of Biordi’s imported handmade Italian ceramics are now available for purchase at Girasole, just in time for the holiday season!

Collage of gifts gourmet food items, Italian ceramics, and soapstone trays available for purchase for the holidays

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Dec 2

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IT'S ALL HAPPENING THIS SUNDAY! 

A Holiday Wine Tasting featuring champagnes & rare & exceptional bottles from France, our Annual Holiday Art, Wine, & Gift Sale featuring works by internationally renowned printmaker, draftsman and painter (and Chef Lou’s brother) @robert_patierno, and the restaurant will be decorated from head to toe with great big bows, twinkling lights, gorgeous garlands, singing cherubs, and a towering tree on our patio!

Discover more at the links in our bio.
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Nov 13

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Preserving Summer!

Risotto with tomato passata, a concentrated tomato paste or puree made from the last of Chef Lou's heirloom tomatoes from his garden. On our featured specials tonight.
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Oct 30

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Ghosts of truffle dinners past! Some favorite shots from the past 21 years of our annual white truffle dinner. What new memories, stories, and spectacular dishes and wines will this year bring?! 

Join us this Sunday, November 2nd at 6:30 for our Annual White Truffle Dinner hosted by Giuseppe Vaira of @gdvajra_barolo of Barolo, Italy. Call to reserve, 540-253-5501. Link in bio!
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Oct 29

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Carote in agrodolce! 

Delightfully sweet and tangy, we roast local carrots and marinate them with golden raisins, onion, vinegar, and honey. Served with burrata and crushed pistachios, and on our featured specials tonight!
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Oct 22

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Cheers to 21 yrs of celebrating the 'diamonds of the kitchen', the white Alba truffle, and the captivating wines of GD Vajra of Barolo! Have you reserved your table yet for our Annual White Truffle Dinner on Sunday, November 2nd?

Click the link in our bio to discover more about the famed white Alba truffle, our host Giuseppe Vaira and his family's wines, and about why this is the event we look forward to most year after year. Call to reserve, 540-253-5501.
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Oct 16

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Matsutake mushroom risotto looking extra dramatic on these moody fall days. On our featured specials tonight, stop by or call to reserve, 540-253-5501.
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Sep 13

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Old and new world techniques, a blend of international grapes (most notably Nebbiolo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Grenache, Tempranillo, Chardonnay, and Chenin Blanc), rich clay and sand soils, a blend of coastal and higher altitude climates, and a history as the birthplace of winemaking in North America make Mexico possibly the most exciting wine making region in the world, and we are delighted to share some of the country’s best wines for the first time at our patio wine tasting tomorrow, Sunday, at 2:30! 

Hosted by @malcolmriddle of @salvetoimports. Only a few seats remain, call to reserve, 540-253-5501. Find out more in our story.
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Sep 4

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✨The Journey of a Girasole Tomato ✨

From Chef Lou's garden to our kitchen, the journey is merely a walk from one end of our parking lot to the other, but it is one that requires great care, dedication, and anticipation for the Summer growing season. Weeding, tilling, and feeding the soil with food scraps from our kitchen, Chef Lou works all year to grow the most delicious tomatoes you will ever taste. Once the heirloom varieties are mature, simple preparations passed down from parents and grandparents allow Chef Lou's flavorful tomatoes to shine on your plate. The season is nearing its end, but Chef Lou still has so much in store for the last of his humble parking lot garden tomatoes.
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Aug 13

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Lydia’s olives, Mediterranean olives roasted with herbs, garlic, citrus, and red pepper, according to her Nonna’s recipe, and on our specials tonight. The olives are not from her two olive trees on the patio, but she is incredibly proud of this year’s bumper crop of about 32 olives total. Lydia has been carefully nurturing each tree and putting them out on our patio for about 8 years now.
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Jul 23

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Nothing says Summer quite like Chef Lou’s soft shell crabs tempura! On our featured special’s tonight, but only for a limited time. Make the most of this glorious weather and reserve a spot on our patio tonight, 540-253-5501.
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Jul 16

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Summer dishes for you to enjoy tonight!
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📸 Risotto with Farmer Blevin’s Swiss Chard and 36-month aged provolone

📸 Burrata Cappelletti with sweet corn and basil from our garden, local honey

📸 Perfect summer pairings currently available by the glass: Durella sparkling from northern Italy, Rosé of Pinot noir from Germany, Rosé made from the indigenous Xinomavro grape of Greece
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Girasole Italian Cuisine - The Plains, VA

(540) 253-5501
4244 Loudoun Avenue
The Plains, VA 20198
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Wednesday – Sunday: 4:30pm with the last seating at 8:30pm

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