The story behind the name, Luvita Bistro, involves the owners’ three children; Luca,Vinnie, and Taylor. Deron Farina, long time Murrysville resident and now owner and chef of Luvita Bistro, describes his business as primarily catering, take out, and cooking up a storm for the lunch crowd.
With great reluctance, Farina gave in to the pleas and begging of friends and patrons to keep the restaurant open for dinner as well. Before opening Luvita Bistro, Deron Farina practiced the art and craft of cuisine as a personal chef for private clients as well as catering from his home. Chef Farina would be happy just to offer catering to the community, but his customers clamored for more opportunities to enjoy his homemade sauce, meatballs and ravioli, manicotti, and seafood dishes.
Luvita Bistro is located at 4231 William Penn Highway in Murrysville and is open Tuesday and Thursday from 11:30 am until 6:00 pm, and Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 11:30 am until 8:00 pm. This is a BYOB restaurant where diners may bring a beverage to accompany any meal. There is no corkage fee. Italian Nights are celebrated on Wednesday evenings from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm featuring all homemade pasta’s, sauces, soups, appetizers and desserts. Reservations for Italian Nights are definitely recommended.
So, what’s cooking in the Luvita Bistro kitchen? The answer must include the fact that the chef is cooking with conviction and with a lot of experience. He offers an impressive menu that showcases a different menu for both lunch and dinner. Patrons are encouraged to RSVP for dinner!
The lunch menu offers just about everything from soup to sides with Chef Deron proudly exclaiming, “everything is homemade!” There is a salad, a burger, a wrap, or a sandwich for every palate. Consider the spinach and cranberry or Gorgonzola and apple salads, or a mahi-mahi fillet sautéed in orange juice, ginger and tarragon atop a bed of spinach with cranberry, almonds, and poppy seed dressing! Five half pound burgers with names like, Forgetaboutit, Vinny, Smothered, Cheddar and All American might appeal to the hearty eater with wraps offering a lighter option in the form of chicken, veggies, salmon either grilled, tossed, sautéed, or baked. Sandwiches range from homemade meatballs and BLT’s to pub style fish and Italian cappicolla, salami, and pepperoni. Bread by Bread Works is featured at Luvita Bistro.
The dinner menu is almost exclusively “on-top-of-spaghetti” delicious Italian food that evokes memories of meals with your Italian grandparents and extended family. “Just Desserts” make for the last personal touch of the meal: a “challenge by choice” homemade biscotti, peanut butter, coconut cream or white chocolate raspberry pie!
Chef Farina is on a roll whether he likes it or not by popular demand from patrons, customers and clients. His custom cooking, comfort food, personal attention make his establishment a popular choice whether for lunch, dinner, catered events, family celebrations, in-door or out-door picnics, business engagements, take out, private dinner events, or birthday parties.
Popular take out entrees are the homemade ravioli, both cheese and meat, covered appropriately so by homemade tomato sauce with a meatball or two requested on the side. The aroma alone will make you think you are in Italy! Both the chicken and veal marsala will be pleasing to the palate with just the right touch of sauce inspiring a second helping. The homemade taste and agreeable flavors will have you ordering frequent take out plates for those busy days and week-ends when there is little time for cooking at home.
Welcome in spring and summer by putting yourself in charge of celebrations and partner with Chef Farina in planning for a catered picnic, a backyard (yours or his) bar-b-que, a romantic dinner party, a gala event, a culinary themed engagement or any creative gathering you can imagine.
Small tables and comfortable chairs grace the hardwood floors with selected artwork hung on the bright, white walls. Natural sunlight spills into the space during the lunch hour, and table candlelight adds warmth to the space in the evening. Each table is covered with a crisp, white linen tablecloth that adds a certain sophistication that is appreciated during the dinner hours.
If you haven’t found this little gem of a full service restaurant, do yourself a favor and stop by to chat with Deron Farina to plan for a lunch or dinner engagement or plan for a wedding shower or reception, a cook out or picnic; there are no limits to Farina’s cooking abilities. He is the first to let you know that his cooking is the best!!! At best, always call ahead if you are planning to stop for dinner as one never knows whether or not Chef Farina will follow his heart’s desire for a strictly catering/take out/event planning establishment or continue to support the pleadings of his patrons and customers for the additional dinner experience.
Check the web site for Luvita Bistro at http://luvitabistro.com
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