Cinque Terre West Reopens in Austin's Rosedale After the Palisades Fire Destroyed the Original

Cinque Terre West, the Ligurian seafood-and-pasta restaurant that survived the January 2025 Palisades Fire and a rocky year-long relocation through Los Angeles, has quietly reopened for dinner in Austin's Rosedale neighborhood. According to ATX Things analysis of public reporting and the restaurant's own announcements, chef Gianbattista "Gianba" Vinzoni and his wife Marlo are now serving Austin, Texas, five nights a week at 4800 Burnet Road — the couple's first full-service restaurant in the city, after two years of near-misses in California.

It comes at a genuinely useful moment: Open-Meteo's forecast has today topping out at 100°F, climbing to 108°F by Monday — the kind of week where a quiet, air-conditioned dinner room with a fresh seafood menu is a real answer to "where do we eat tonight," not just a nice-to-have.

What Happened to Cinque Terre West in California?

The Vinzonis opened the original Cinque Terre West on Monument Street in Pacific Palisades in 2019, alongside a wine bar (Enoteca Cinque) and a deli (DELIzioso Cinque) on the same block. They closed that location in June 2024. Seven months later, the January 2025 Palisades Fire tore through the neighborhood — and the Vinzonis watched it happen from the air.

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"We were actually in Austin when the fire was going on. We saw the entire fire from the plane."

That's Marlo Vinzoni, in an on-the-record interview with the Palisadian-Post, the Pacific Palisades paper that has covered the fire's aftermath in the neighborhood for a year and a half. The couple's Palisades home suffered severe water damage during the firefighting response and later winter storms — Marlo Vinzoni told the paper it's still uninhabitable. After the fire, the Vinzonis ran a temporary joint menu for Cinque Terre West and DELIzioso Cinque out of a food hall on Lincoln Boulevard, then opened a new, smaller Cinque Terre West location in Venice that summer. It didn't take: the Venice spot never built the regular, walk-in clientele the Palisades original had. After one year, the Vinzonis closed it — June 21, 2026, according to their own site — and moved the entire concept to Austin.

Where Is Cinque Terre West Austin, and What Are the Hours?

The restaurant is in Rosedale, on the Burnet Road corridor a few minutes north of Hyde Park and just south of Crestview — not, despite one outlet's early "North Austin" framing, a suburban strip-mall address. Confirmed hours from the restaurant's own site:

What's on the Menu?

Gianba Vinzoni's cooking is rooted in Liguria, the coastal region of northern Italy where his family has lived for generations, and the Austin menu leans hard into seafood and daily house-made pasta — "fatto a mano," as the restaurant's site puts it. Dishes confirmed by Community Impact's interview with the Vinzonis and cross-checked against the restaurant's own site and the Palisadian-Post's coverage of the closing Venice menu include:

• Spaghetti Vongole e Bottarga — Manila clams, garlic, Fresno chile, white wine, parsley, shaved dried mullet roe
• Tagliata d'Anatra — pan-seared sliced duck breast with farrotto, spinach and a cherry tomato-and-red-grape sauce
• Branzino alla Mediterranea — whole roasted branzino
• Spaghetti di Mare and Trofie al Pesto — the two pasta dishes the restaurant's homepage leads with
• Pollo al Limone — a dish that traveled with the Vinzonis from the original Palisades menu

The restaurant also runs a full bar and wine list. Neither the restaurant's site nor either primary source ATX Things reviewed lists specific prices — the menu isn't posted online yet, so treat any price you see secondhand as unconfirmed until the restaurant publishes one.

Who's Behind It — and What's the Ciccio Bomba Connection?

Gianba Vinzoni grew up in Bonassola, Italy, served five years in the Italian navy, then moved to Los Angeles in 1995. Before opening his own restaurants, he held kitchen roles at Soho House West Hollywood, the Beverly Hilton and Fig & Olive, and worked three consecutive Golden Globes as executive sous chef. Marlo Vinzoni runs the front of house.

The Vinzonis aren't new to Austin. Comedian Tom Segura — a regular at the original Palisades restaurant before he relocated to Austin himself — partnered with the couple to open Ciccio Bomba, an Italian bakery and cafe, at the Fareground food hall downtown in November 2025. Ciccio Bomba has since expanded twice: a second stall at the Scarborough Building in March, and a flagship location with a full bar at 1100 S. Lamar Boulevard in May. Cinque Terre West ATX is the Vinzonis' first full-service, sit-down restaurant in the city — a bigger bet than a bakery counter, and the clearest sign yet that the move to Austin is permanent, not a stopgap.

What Locals Should Know Before They Go

• It's brand-new as a Texas restaurant — Cinque Terre West ATX started dinner service in Rosedale this month, per the Vinzonis' own July 24 interview with Community Impact.
• Closed Sunday and Monday — plan a Tuesday–Saturday visit; Friday and Saturday run a half-hour later (until 9:30 PM).
• No confirmed reservation line yet — message @cinqueterrewest on Instagram if you want to lock a table rather than risk a walk-in wait.
• It's a genuinely different concept from Ciccio Bomba — Ciccio Bomba is the bakery/cafe (pastries, focaccia, sandwiches, pizza by the slice); Cinque Terre West is the full sit-down dinner restaurant.
• The backstory is real, not marketing copy — the Vinzonis lost their Palisades restaurant to the January 2025 fire and their Palisades home is still uninhabitable from water damage.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Cinque Terre West Austin the same restaurant as the one in Los Angeles? Yes — same owners, same name, same Ligurian-focused menu concept, relocated entirely. The Palisades original closed in June 2024; a smaller Venice location ran for about a year afterward before closing June 21, 2026, and the whole concept moved to Austin.

Where exactly is Cinque Terre West Austin? 4800 Burnet Road, Building D, Suite 450, in the Rosedale neighborhood — on the Burnet Road corridor between Hyde Park and Crestview.

What are the hours? Tuesday through Thursday, 5–9 PM; Friday and Saturday, 5–9:30 PM; closed Sunday and Monday.

Is this connected to Ciccio Bomba? Yes. The same couple, Gianba and Marlo Vinzoni, partnered with comedian Tom Segura to open Ciccio Bomba, an Italian bakery, at Fareground downtown in November 2025 — since expanded to the Scarborough Building and a South Lamar flagship. Cinque Terre West is their first full-service Austin restaurant.

Do I need a reservation? Unclear as of publication — the restaurant's site doesn't list a phone number or a booking platform. Message @cinqueterrewest on Instagram before you go if a table matters.

We're watching for the permit filing that will pin down exactly when the Vinzonis' buildout started — and for whatever they open next. Follow @austintexasthings for the update.