Gilardi's Ristorante

Fall weather is beginning to creep in, and we have a beautiful menu this week to reflect. Treat yourself to an evening on our patio, with this amazing weather.

Consider this your sign to make dinner plans!🍷🍰

Come for the Italian, stay for the Peach Bellini & cheesecake.

Open until 9:00 pm tonight!

Ha Ha I stole the passwords again!

I am taking a moment to remind all of you dreamers, doers, believers and thinkers that today can be the day that will change your life. Follow your heart, rely on hard work, do today what others will not so tomorrow you can do what others cannot. Find your path, pursue it with reckless abandon and leave this world a better place to live.

Our release from this mortal coil doesn't end with a hearse followed by a U-haul. It will be followed by the people that loved you and were loved by you. It will be followed by your mentors and those that you mentored. It will be followed by the only real impact our lives have...the betterment of the lives of others.

James Martin
Head Dishwasher

One more week of incredibly hot weather so we are keeping our summer menu for five more days. While we are all looking forward to cooler weather, relish in the delights of the bounty of the Ozarks on your next visit. Cantaloupe, watermelon and tomatoes are all disappearing too quickly so rejoice, celebrate and be grateful for the wonderful place we call home.

We have a friendly reminder that we will be closed this Tuesday September 8th for our family to spend more time with theirs. As a business we remember the reason for this holiday that so many have forgotten.

Labor Day is a federal holiday that was established in 1894 in response to federal troops clashing with American workers in the Pullman strike in Chicago in which about 30 Americans were killed by Federal troops. Labor strife and the inability of our fellow Americans to seek the American Dream and the barriers that life in 2026 have been put in front of our young people for the benefit of the ultra-privilaged seem to be as relevant today as 130 years ago.

We must be the change we wish to see in the world.

The time has come to provide Gilardis to every kitchen across The Queen City of the Ozarks and we need your help.

We are announcing an exciting development here at 820 East Walnut and we need our community to come together and send your best recommendations for our vision of quality construction with an eye on our mission statement and the potential importance of this project to the Ozarks.

We are actively requesting construction bids for a facelift to our interior as well as the re-imagining of our facility as a pasta making and family meal facility that will stand as an icon for another 25 years. The exquisite experience of dining at Gilardis on Walnut will only elevate with an updated interior and infrastructure improvements. Even more importantly, we will be able to provide much needed celebration meals for delivery/pickup that will make an everyday occasion a celebration.
We are seeking the following recommendations.
1. Electrical work pulling permits with the city and updating our new pasta facility for additional work stations, electric run to a new walk-in/freezer, and repair of existing outlets.
2. Concrete pad for new exterior walk-in/freezer as well as concrete/brick repair work on the driveway.
3. Replacement of a large section of the kitchen floor and retile.
4. Replacement of the carpet in the dining room and ¼ round trim.
5. Painting of dining room.
6. Replumbing of outside the wall plumbing.
We thank you for sending our way the best of your recommendations and we look forward to being of service to you and your family for the next twenty five years.

Despite the oppressive heat, we are rejoicing in the bounty of summer in the Ozarks. On your next visit, look forward to proscuitto-wrapped cantaloupe, watermelon gazpacho, caprese salad, prime-grade carpaccio, and a basket of other summer favorites. As always, we look forward to your next visit and being of service to your friends and family.