Tosca Restaurant

What Tosca Restaurant does

Tosca Restaurant (Ristorante Tosca) is a fine dining Italian restaurant operating exclusively at 1112 F Street NW in downtown Washington, DC. Founded in 2000 by owner and Managing Member Paolo Sacco, the restaurant has built a 25-year reputation as a DC power dining destination, historically frequented by lobbyists, lawyers, and political professionals for business lunches and dinners. The business operates a single location with 32 employees, offering lunch Monday through Friday and dinner Monday through Saturday, with Sunday closures.

The core product is a seasonal Northern Italian menu featuring house-made pastas, locally sourced produce, and farm-raised proteins, paired with an award-winning American and Italian wine program. Premium adjacencies include the Chef's Table — a six-course tasting experience at $175 per person for 4-6 guests — a 5-course tasting menu at $145 per guest, private dining for up to 26 guests, semi-private Loggia seating for up to 24 combined, and full restaurant buy-outs. Executive Chef Fortunato Nicotra (appointed September 2022) brings Michelin-starred credentials from Felidia and the Fabio Trabocchi Restaurant Group. The restaurant was materially renovated and reopened in May 2021 with a refreshed interior and a new chef.

Revenue is generated through on-premise dining, chef-driven tasting experiences, private events with required minimums, takeaway via Toast Tab, and gift card sales. Technology is limited to mainstream restaurant platforms: OpenTable for reservations and Toast Tab for online ordering and gift cards. The restaurant is privately held by Paolo Sacco with no disclosed institutional investors, no subsidiaries, no patents, and no expansion beyond the single DC location. The customer base is concentrated in DC's professional and government class, with earned media coverage from Washington Post, Michelin Guide, and Eater DC reinforcing the brand position.

Name

Tosca Restaurant

Legal name

Ristorante Tosca

Website

https://toscadc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tosca Restaurant is a 25-year-old fine dining Northern Italian restaurant in downtown Washington, DC, serving business professionals, lawyers, lobbyists, and government officials with house-made pastas, a Michelin-pedigree chef, a premium Chef's Table, and private event dining.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Italian Fine Dining Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Fine Dining Restaurants (THAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Chef’s Table & Tasting Menu Restaurants (THAFACAG)

Keywords

• Italian fine dining
• Restaurant services
• Private dining events
• Chef tasting menu
• Northern Italian cuisine

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Food & Beverage: Revenue from lunch and dinner service featuring Northern Italian cuisine, with extensive wine, cocktail and spirits selections. Menu items range from appetizers ($18-$34 at lunch, $24-$36 at dinner) to main courses ($34-$72 at dinner).
2. Chef's Table Experience: Premium six-course tasting menu experience priced at $175 per person, with optional wine pairings at $95 per guest. Seats 4-6 guests Monday-Friday dinner service.
3. Private Event Dining: Revenue from private dining room (up to 26 guests), semi-private Loggia areas (combined 24 guests), and full restaurant buy-outs. Pre-set menu required for parties larger than 10.
4. Beverage Service: Extensive wine selection featuring American and Italian wines, cocktails, and spirits. Corkage policy allows 2 bottles at $50 each.
5. Takeout & Pickup: Online ordering through Toast Tab platform for pickup orders.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Tosca Restaurant is a fine dining Northern Italian restaurant in downtown Washington, DC offering lunch and dinner service featuring house-made pastas, locally sourced produce, and farm-raised proteins. The restaurant provides a full-service dining room, an exclusive six-course Chef's Table tasting menu experience in the kitchen, private and semi-private event dining spaces, and an award-winning wine program featuring American and Italian selections.

Product overview

Tosca Restaurant is a fine dining Italian restaurant offering a single unified dining experience centered on Northern Italian cuisine. The core product is the full-service dining room, supplemented by premium add-on experiences including the Chef's Table tasting menu, private dining rooms, and takeout services. Lunch and dinner services feature seasonal menus with locally-sourced ingredients and house-made pastas, complemented by an award-winning wine program. The restaurant also offers gift card sales and pickup ordering through third-party platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dining Room Service Full-service Northern Italian fine dining experience featuring seasonal menus with local produce, farm-raised proteins, and house-made pastas, complemented by award-winning American and Italian wine selections, served lunch Monday-Friday and dinner Monday-Saturday.
• Chef's Table Experience An intimate six-course tasting menu experience located directly inside the kitchen, seating 4-6 guests at $175 per person, with personally designed menus and optional sommelier wine pairings at $95 per guest.
• Private Dining and Event Spaces Private and semi-private dining venues including a fully enclosed private room (up to 26 guests), two adjacent Loggia semi-private areas (12 guests each or 24 combined), and full restaurant buy-out options for large events, with pre-set menu required for parties larger than 10.
• Gift Cards Digital and physical gift card purchases available through the Toast Tab platform for gifting Tosca dining experiences at the restaurant.
• Pickup Orders Online ordering system for food pickup via the Toast Tab platform, allowing customers to order menu items for collection at the restaurant.

Quantifiable outcome

• Featured as one of Tom Sietsema's favorite places to eat (Washington Post, multiple years 2021-2022)
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Carbone (Major Food Group): High-profile Italian-American fine dining concept from Major Food Group with a DC location; broader portfolio of upscale restaurants but directly competes with Tosca in Italian cuisine and power-dining experience.
• Le Bernardin: Eric Ripert's iconic fine dining restaurant in NYC; comparable to Tosca in Michelin-recognized fine dining, tasting-menu pricing, and chef-driven reputation as a benchmark for premium dining experiences.

Direct peers

• Marcel's by Robert Wiedmaier: Belgian-French fine dining institution in downtown DC comparable to Tosca in price point, neighborhood, and corporate power-dining clientele.
• The Palm Restaurant (DC): Classic American steakhouse with a long-standing DC presence; competes with Tosca for the same power-lunch and corporate-entertainment clientele in downtown DC.
• Masseria: Italian fine dining restaurant in DC's Penn Quarter neighborhood; competes directly with Tosca for DC's upscale Italian dining and private event business.
• Sfoglina: DC-based pasta-focused Italian restaurant from Fabio Trabocchi; competes with Tosca on house-made pasta and Italian fine dining in the DC market, with overlapping price points and customer base.
• Fiola (Fabio Trabocchi): DC Italian fine dining restaurant under chef Fabio Trabocchi; Tosca's Executive Chef Nicotra previously served as Corporate Chef of the same Fabio Trabocchi Restaurant Group, making it the most direct comparable in cuisine, price point, and DC power-dining audience.
• The Inn at Little Washington: Destination fine dining property in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley; comparable to Tosca's tasting-menu format, DC-area luxury dining clientele, and chef-driven reputation.
• Fiola Mare: Seafood-focused Italian fine dining concept from the same Fabio Trabocchi group; shares chef lineage with Tosca and competes for the same downtown DC special-occasion and corporate-event clientele.
• Plume at The Jefferson, DC: Fine dining restaurant inside The Jefferson hotel in downtown DC; competes with Tosca for hotel-affiliated, business, and special-occasion guests at similar price points.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/tosca_dc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tosca-restaurant

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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