{"id":3774,"date":"2016-11-05T17:17:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T09:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/?p=3774"},"modified":"2019-02-03T15:10:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-03T07:10:45","slug":"alle-darsene-como","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/05\/alle-darsene-como\/","title":{"rendered":"Alle Darsene di Loppia in Lake Como &#8211; Perfect Lunch in Bellagio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the far end of Bellagio&#8217;s Villa Melzi garden is the little hamlet of Loppia where the restaurant Alle Darsene di Loppia serves up a perfect lunch. Picture this &#8211; a vine covered pergola, crisp white linen, fresh local seafood and wine on an\u00a0early autumn day. While the weather may not always be as ideal as it was during my visit last month, I&#8217;d still make the Alle Darsene di Loppia a must visit eatery in Lake Como for its unpretentious cooking and\u00a0warm and friendly service. The risotto with summer truffle\u00a0and seafood pasta was just what we wanted after a morning of touring the lake&#8217;s villas.<\/p>\n<p>Pricing was reasonable at around EUR 40 per person for three courses excluding wine. Reservations are recommended and can be made on the restaurant&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ristorantedarsenediloppia.com\/en\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3779\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3779\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/05\/perfect-lunch-by-bellagios-docks\/il-darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-25\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3779\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3779\" src=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-25--1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Bellagio's best restaurant\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-25--1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-25--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-25--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-25--624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-25-.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fried mixed lakefish and courgettes, light tempura-like batter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3780\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/05\/perfect-lunch-by-bellagios-docks\/il-darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-26\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3780\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3780\" src=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-26--1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Bellagio's best restaurant\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-26--1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-26--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-26--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-26--624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-26-.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gnocchi with morel mushrooms and lakefish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3776\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/05\/perfect-lunch-by-bellagios-docks\/il-darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-27-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3776\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3776\" src=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-27-1--1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Best Bellagio restaurant\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-27-1--1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-27-1--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-27-1--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-27-1--624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-27-1-.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This mixed seafood pasta was a special for the day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3777\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3777\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/05\/perfect-lunch-by-bellagios-docks\/il-darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-27-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3777\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3777\" src=\"http:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-27-2--1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Bellagio's best restaurant\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-27-2--1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-27-2--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-27-2--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-27-2--624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Il-Darsene-2016-09-28-at-17-25-27-2-.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dessert &#8211; pineapple &#8220;carpaccio&#8221; with coconut ice cream<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the far end of Bellagio&#8217;s Villa Melzi garden is the little hamlet of Loppia where the restaurant Alle Darsene di Loppia serves up a perfect lunch. Picture this &#8211; a vine covered pergola, crisp white linen, fresh local seafood and wine on an\u00a0early autumn day. While the weather may not always be as ideal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[152,1,19,124],"tags":[29,141,40],"class_list":["post-3774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe","category-home","category-italy-europe","category-italy-northernitaly","tag-italy","tag-lake_como","tag-seafood","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3774"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4073,"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3774\/revisions\/4073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gazeandgraze.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}