Vivace Restaurant

Vivace Restaurant is a restaurant in Tucson, Arizona, serving Northern Italian cuisine. Established in 1993, it is known for consistency in service and food, and for using high-quality ingredients. Daniel Scordato is the owner, Thomas Beebee is the executive chef, and Junna Hayashi is the general manager. The restaurant offers in-house dining and curbside takeout, with the full menu available for takeout. Lunch offerings include salads and cold entrees such as grilled Red Bird Farms chicken with mixed greens in a soy ginger sesame vinaigrette topped with crispy potato sticks and Romano cheese, a pear and walnut salad with Gorgonzola crumbles and vinaigrette with Alfonso walnut oil, and a Caesar salad made with little gem lettuce, traditional Caesar dressing, garlic croutons and shavings of Parmigiano Reggiano. Antipasto includes marinated mushrooms, prosciutto ham, roasted red peppers, herb goat cheese mousse, grilled asparagus, marinated olives, sauteed spinach and garlic toast. Fresh burrata is served two ways, half with fresh tomato and basil oil and half over roasted beets with pistachio vinaigrette. Sandwiches include grilled ham and Fontina cheese with pesto and fresh tomatoes, and grilled New Ora King salmon on a toasted croissant with sauteed spinach. Pasta dishes include penne with sausage, roasted red peppers and tomato sauce baked with Fontina cheese, and four cheese manicotti. Vegetarian dishes and gluten free pasta are available upon request. It holds a rating of 4.70 from the customers who have reviewed it.

Vivace Restaurant sits on North Campbell Avenue at the crossroads with East Skyline Drive, about 0.1 miles from East Skyline Drive and North Campbell Avenue. Manzanita Elementary School is about 0.4 miles away, East Sunrise Drive is about 0.7 miles away, and Orange Grove Middle School is about a mile away.

Its positive rating reflects the experience of the diners who have reviewed it, and it has served Tucson's Northern Italian dining since 1993.