La Pisana Restaurant, Leduc AB

Posted by Thomas Alan Gray Sep 5, 2009

La Pisana opened up a few weeks ago in Leduc Common, at the far end across from the Canadian Western Bank. It's low-key and unpretentious from the outside.

Inside, there are warm colors, soft jazz, and what appears to be some original artwork on the walls. The menu is Italian with the usual pastas. The food was good on both occasions we've been there (although the second time my fish and scalloped potatoes (I won't even try to repeat the Italian names) could have been a little hotter. Certainly it was tasty and artistically served. And we were impressed when the new owner came over on both visits to chat with us (and on our second visit, remembered us from three weeks before).

Owners Terry and Sherry Sept are new to the restaurant business but are working to provide something more of higher-end dining in Leduc (once a bedroom community to nearby Edmonton, but now a growing city with the second-largest recreation complex in the province).

We're looking forward to going on a weekend, when Terry brings in live music.

We wish the Septs all success with their new venture.