La Piastra was born in 2004 as a part-time catering service when the owner, Lauren DeLisa, realized that she could turn a passion of cooking into a career. For two years, she learned the ropes through an apprenticeship with a Master Chef and numerous hobby courses offered at local culinary schools and restaurants.
Based on a need to provide fresh quality meals to go, in 2006 she created and distributed a line of products under the La Piastra brand through a supermarket. La Piastra, the retail location in Cromwell opened its doors in 2008 to showcase the hundreds of different entrees and sides, soups, sauces and salads created by Lauren and her team of Chefs.
Thanksgiving Day: 8am-11am November 25-26th ~ Closed Christmas Eve: 8am-11am Christmas Day ~ Closed
New Year's Eve: 10am-3pm New Year's Day ~ Closed
La Piastra in the Spotlight
La Piastra, voted Best Take-Out and Second Place for Best Caterer for two consecutive years in the Hartford Advocate and 1st Runner up for Best Gourmet to Go in Hartford Magazine 2011. We'd especially like to thank all of our customers who voted for us.
Article Reads: It takes serious testing to get gourmet takeout cuisine right, to be sure of the shelf-life, to make certain directions for reheating are perfect. The goal, says owner Lauren DeLisa, is healthy food "the way you’d do it if you had the time." Like apricot chicken salad or Caribbean grilled pork with grilled pineapples and onions. "We like to mix it up to keep it interesting for our customers and our chefs," DeLisa says.Click here to read the rest of our article featured in the Hartford Advocate!
Better Connecticut on WFSB-TV Channel 3 - Weekdays 10am-11am
Chef Lauren has made four appearances on WFSB-TV's Better CT with hosts Scot Haney and Kara Sundlun. Click on the recipe titles below to be linked to the videos and print out a copy of the recipes!
CROMWELL, Conn. -- For years, people have said how difficult it is to get a business up and running in the state of Connecticut. Lauren Delisa of Cromwell wanted to get into the food business so she came up with a plan to open La Piastra, a Catering and Gourmet Takeout shop in Cromwell. Little did she know, she would be spending time in the business office, not in her kitchen.
Middlesex Chamber Promotes La Piastra's Grand Opening
Cromwell Middlesex Chamber Holds Grand Opening Event Biz Buzz Submitted by Matthew Fraulino on 2009-03-06.
Kenneth MacCormac, Chairman of the Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce announced that the chamber held a grand-opening event for La Piastra Gourmet to Go & Catering on Wednesday, March 4, at its location on 25 Shunpike Road, Cromwell. Chamber President Larry McHugh, First Selectman Jeremy Shingleton, and Cromwell Division Chairman Mike Strumskas also attended the event.
See what Hartford Courant Reporter, Korky Vann, said about her experience at La Piastra in her review in the Calendar Section of The Hartford Courant on Thursday, May 29, 2008. Click Here to read review.
Thomas Foran, writer/editor of "Come Dine with Me", a web site featuring reviews on local eateries in CT included his experience at La Piastra in his blog on Tuesday, June 17th and Thursday, June 12th. *Recently updated with a visit from April 8th, 2011. Click Here to read review.
La Piastra received a five-fork rating in the July Edition Adventures in Dining section of The Cromwell Chronicle. "The sort of dishes perfect on their own or as an accompaniment to almost any meal, La Piastra has left no stone unturned." Click Here To View The Full Article!
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