Patrick Costa

Owner / Executive Chef

Chef Patrick Costa was born in Southern California, but spent his first six years in Rome, Italy before moving back to the states. As one can imagine, these formative years were spent in the kitchen with close Italian relatives. He drew inspiration from his grandmother, who’d only cook using fresh, home grown herbs and local market produce.

Being the son of a Naval officer, he traveled with his family often, and it was during these trips that Chef Costa was exposed to different foods across the globe, solidifying his love for cooking and the culinary arts.

Costa spent a number of years at L20, an upscale Michelin-starred seafood restaurant located in Lincoln Park, Chicago, where he worked under Laurent Gras, who would go on to play a very influential role in the trajectory of Costa’s career. From 2011 to 2014, Chef Costa went on to develop and manage the opening of Stella Barra, a brand new pizzeria concept located in the heart of Hollywood. After that, he served as Executive Chef at The Hart and the Hunter before joining Reissco as the Culinary Director for three restaurant concepts including a seafood bistro, East Coast-style pizzeria and an island-inspired cookshop, creating and overseeing seasonal menus for all three spaces.

Most recently Patrick has been consulting with pizza, menu creation and kitchen design. Collaborating with friends through his passion for familial hospitality, craveable food and memorable cocktails, Costa has created his own path in a time when we all need a seat at “Nonna's table”.