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Girasole Italian Cuisine - The Plains, VA

Girasole

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Mother’s Day Dinner

Sunday, May 11th, with reservations available from 12:00 – 7:00pm.
Regular dinner menu with seasonal Chef’s specials.
Call to reserve or to place a to go order, 540-253-5501.

We will be offering our regular dinner menu with seasonal Chef’s specials. Reservations are available from 12:00 until 7:00pm, with seating indoors or on our patio. Orders for curbside pickup must be placed at least 48 hours in advance. Please call to reserve or to place a to go order, 540-253-5501. A credit card is required with your reservation, with a 48 hour cancellation policy

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Chef’s Specials
Antipasti
– Grilled Spring asparagus with Morels, drizzled with aged balsamic from Modena
– Roast beets tossed with extra virgin olive oil and black currant vinegar, crushed pistachios and shaved pecorino Fiore Sardo
– Roasted peppers with a traditional Piedmontese tonnato sauce
– Roasted fennel with a parmesan gratinate

Insalate
– Grilled Spring asparagus with a citrus vinaigrette, topped with hazelnuts and thinly sliced Speck
– Belgian Endive tossed with apple, thyme, extra virgin olive oil, and lemon
– Marinated octopus, chickpeas, fresh parsley, lemon, and extra virgin olive oil, served chilled

Entrees
– Cannelloni: Tubular pasta filled with seasoned veal
– Salmon and leek ravioli, lemon butter
– Ricotta gnocchi with a Roman Spring ragù, braised artichokes, asparagus, peas, and fava beans with house preserved Meyer lemon
– Fresh Cod poached in olive oil with a Sicilian beurre blanc, local asparagus
– Local lamb chops encrusted in pistachios and pan sautéed
– Veal Valdostana: Local veal chop breaded and pan sautéed, with prosciutto cotto and Fontina Valdostana

*Menu subject to change based on availability

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Mar 4

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Rich and creamy butterscotch, topped with salted caramel and freshly whipped cream. Our butterscotch budino is officially back on our dessert tray, but may not be around much longer if temperatures heat up!
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Feb 19

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POSTPONED! To next Sunday, March 1. If you had a reservation, we have already contacted you. If you were unable to make it for its original date of tomorrow, we would love to see you next Sunday, March 1! Just give us a call to reserve, 540-253-5501.
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This Sunday's cooking class is a family affair! Hosted by Chef Lou AND Lydia and featuring dishes from their childhoods, and their travels in Italy over the years.

Discover more at the link in our bio, and as always, call to reserve 540-253-5501. Can the kitchen contain them both?! We will find out Sunday😂
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Jan 28

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Soup for you, and you, and you, AND YOU! Soup with lentils, soup with Tuscan beans and pasta, soup with little tiny tortellini, and soup with whisked egg and parmigiano! These are the soups of Girasole, welcoming you back from a frigid and snow-filled week.

We are open for our regular dinner service tonight and throughout the rest of the week. We hope to see you!
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Jan 14

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Our persimmon tiramisu is really something to talk about. 

At first bite a bit odd, like you're not really understanding what your tasting. The texture is smooth with complex flavors of honey and spice, rich but at the same time delicate. By the end of the first bite, you are in love. 

Available on our dessert tray for only a little while longer as the season for persimmons is finally coming to an end.
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Jan 7

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Rolling into 2026 like...

From cooking classes to our monthly wine tastings to weekly featured cocktail and mocktail specials, 2026 has just arrived and we are not slowing down! Find all the details in our monthly newsletter linked in our story.

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#girasoleva #theplainsva #smallbusiness #familyownedandoperated #22yearsandcounting
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Dec 27

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A taste of what's to come this New Year's Eve on our fixed-price, four course menu! Find the full menu at the link in our bio. Call to reserve your table with us to ring in the New Year, 540-253-5501!
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📸: Swordfish with a puttanesca sauce

📸: Local veal tenderloin pan sautéed with shallots, capers, and white wine

📸: Celery root ravioli served in a sage butter drizzled with aged balsamic from Modena, roasted walnuts
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Dec 18

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From the hills of western Pennsylvania to our village of The Plains, VA! Lydia has outdone herself with this year's 18 ft tree glowing bright on our patio. 

Just one of many trees decorated throughout the restaurant, spreading joy and cheer and that warm holiday feeling to accompany Chef Lou's inspired, seasonal dishes!
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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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Girasole Italian Cuisine - The Plains, VA

(540) 253-5501
4244 Loudoun Avenue
The Plains, VA 20198
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Monday & Tuesday: Closed

Wednesday – Sunday: 4:30pm with the last seating at 8:30pm

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