A hidden pasta bar from a team of culinary heavy-hitters is getting ready to open its doors in Toronto this March.
It’s been a season of change for local star restaurateur Yannick Bigourdan. After launching his fast-casual concept, The Carbon Snack Bar (a spinoff of his longstanding Carbon Bar) in the summer of 2025, he struck again with a total rebrand of Amano Trattoria, now Notte, in the first days of 2026.
This March, he, along with Notte collaborator Chef Michael Angeloni and partner Adam Teolis, is gearing up to launch yet another new concept — this time, one that capitalizes on the city’s growing hunger for more intimate, laid-back dining experiences.
Opening its doors (which happen to be tucked snugly next to Notte) to the public on Friday, March 27, Pasta Privato is an intimate, “hidden,” pasta bar centred around an ever-changing menu of artisanal pasta and modern Italian cuisine.
Crowned by an intimate, 30-seat dining room, the aim of Pasta Privato is to create a bridge between traditional Italian cuisine and contemporary culinary trends, resulting in a selection of dishes that, at once, feel rustic and refined.
The menu includes dishes like a simple tajarin (also known as tagliolini) dressed up with a prosecco-butter sauce and Kaluga caviar, Agnolotti with Iberico pork and rabbit, and tagliatelle with a beef shank Genovese ragu.
But that’s just the opening menu, designed by Angeloni to pay homage to the culinary mentors he’s worked with over the years, including big names like Dario Tomaselli, David Lee, and Grant van Gameren. Over time, the menu is meant to evolve.
Diners will have the option to order the entire eight-course $125 tasting menu or order à la carte, with personable sommeliers poised and ready to recommend and pour pairings.
“At its heart, Pasta Privato is deeply personal,” says Chef Angeloni. “It’s modern Italian seen through my own lens; marrying traditional roots with the local diversity of Toronto’s culinary scene. We’ve stripped away the stuffiness of traditional fine dining to focus on what matters: the integrity of the ingredients and a genuine connection to the craft.”
While the restaurant itself is hidden, everything about it is intentional. The pasta is made fresh in-house, the menu and experience painstakingly curated to support the restaurant’s “refined rustic” ethos.
If you ask me, this is one secret that won’t be kept for long.
Pasta Privato is tucked away, next to Notte, at 11 Church St.
Dining and Cooking