Chef Nancy Silverton debuted her Pacific Palisades restaurant Spacca Tutto on Thursday, October 15, and it’s an opening Pacific Palisades needs. After the Palisades Fire tore through the coastal community in January 2025, the neighborhood lost homes,
residents, and nearly a dozen restaurants, along with damage to its centerpiece Palisades Village. Palisades Village owner Rick Caruso recently reopened his retail and restaurant property, where Silverton will debut a menu inspired by sister restaurant Chi Spacca in Hollywood, a modern Italian steakhouse.
As you travel on the Palisades–Malibu–Santa Monica stretch of Pacific Coast Highway, you can still see extensive impacts from the Palisades Fire. Entire properties sit ravaged and empty, some with tattered blue tarps and wild brush overgrowth, while others are peppered with construction crews deep in the rebuilding process. Many of Pacific Palisades’ wildfire survivors remain scattered throughout the Southland. But now they can return to Palisades Village, which is still under construction. Some restaurants have opened in recent months, including Porta Via, Alphabet Bar and Grill, and, as of Thursday, Spacca Tutto.
Caruso, a major fan of Chi Spacca, invited Silverton to create Spacca Tutto’s menu. “The first person I thought of was Nancy,” Caruso told Eater in 2025. “She’s an L.A. original. So I cold-called her and said, ‘I’ve got a big, crazy idea.’”
Once on board, Silverton got busy building the menu. Spacca Tutto’s antipasti and salads can easily fill a table with chopped steak tartare, grilled prawns dressed simply with lemon and olive oil, anchovy crostini, and an classic cold-sliced Italian roast pork: porchetta fredda. Salads include a beefsteak tomato with onion and olive pesto and the same escarole Caesar served at Chi Spacca. Spacca Tutto’s sourdough boule hails from Bub and Grandma’s; a cheese-filled focaccia di recco from Chi Spacca also lives at Spacca Tutto, which roughly translates to “go for it,” or “give it your all” in Italian.
The secondi section is hearty; seek out the black cod with beluga lentils, a herby whole branzino alla piastra, or the Barnsley lamb chop with mint jus. Silverton and her team source single servings of filets, skirts, hangers, or picanhas; diners can also select a hefty 50-ounce porterhouse, côte de boeuf rib steak, or wagyu strip from Australia’s sustainable farm Sir Harry Wagyu. Silverton’s own steak sauce, bordelaise, béarnaise, au poivre, horseradish cream, and mustard can be added to the table, while sides include fries, a loaded baked potato, broccolini with a dijon-garlic vinaigrette, or creamed spinach. The lunch menu reads similarly to dinner with the addition of panini made with hanger steak, porchetta, or fried cod.
The restaurant’s interior features a striking 19-seat bar that extends from inside to the patio. It’s nestled between two dining rooms: one that seats 50, one that seats 39. Design firm AvroKO developed the space, including an eight-seat bar patio. The New School Hospitality team (founded by industry veterans Paul Pruitt and Jared Meisler) put together Spacca Tutto’s cocktail menu that ranges from spritzes to negronis; four different martinis; and an amaro cobbler with Montenegro, amaro, vermouth, cherry, orange, and cinnamon. Silverton’s Mozza Restaurant group compiled the mostly Italian and Californian wine list. None of Silverton’s restaurants has a cocktail bar, so the team designed this one intentionally to become the Palisades’ watering hole. The bar will be reserved for walk-ins only.
It is impossible to deny the powerhouse, well-funded team behind Spacca Tutto. For years now, I’ve been watching the New School crew expand into a formidable restaurant consulting company with clientele like Pijja Palace, Alta Adams, hotels, and more. Silverton still operates Pizzeria Mozza, Osteria Mozza, Mozza2Go, Chi Spacca, and opened Max & Helen’s. And Caruso is arguably one of Southern California’s most well-known billionaires and developers. (Spacca Tutto is a collaboration with Silverton’s Mozza Restaurant Group and Caruso Restaurant Group.)
While the Palisades and Altadena rebuild and attempt to heal, it’s good for Southern Californians to see something hopeful arise from the ashes. Last year, Silverton shared with me how Spacca Tutto feels very personal. “It’s beautiful, and I love that feeling that it feels like it’s going to be a personal restaurant in a beautiful community,” she said.
Spacca Tutto is open 11:30 to 4 p.m. daily for lunch and from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. for dinner at 15225 Palisades Village Lane, Pacific Palisades, CA, 90272. Reservations on OpenTable are recommended.
