La Mano brings handmade pasta atelier to North Vancouver market

La Mano is bringing its first permanent home to Lonsdale Quay Market and Food Hall in North Vancouver, planting a hand-made pasta concept inside one of Lower Lonsdale’s busiest public spaces. The coming-soon vendor at 123 Carrie Cates Court is built around a simple promise with a lot of appeal: pasta made by hand, in view of diners, in a setting designed for people already moving through the market, the waterfront and the SeaBus terminal next door.

That pitch fits Lonsdale Quay’s current push. The market’s Food Hall opened in January 2026, along with The Mainstay market bar, and Lonsdale Quay says the hall is meant to work as a licensed dining space with indoor and outdoor seating, waterfront views and live entertainment. Quay North Urban Development says it has held interest in the property since the market opened in 1986 and became sole owner-operator in 1994, and it now describes the site as home to more than 60 locally owned and operated businesses. La Mano gives that mix of foot traffic and local identity a sharper culinary hook.

The concept is not a broad Italian cafe disguised as a pasta counter. Lonsdale Quay describes La Mano as a fresh pasta company focused on traditionally made, hand-sheeted and die-cut pasta, and that craft-first approach is the whole point of the opening. In practical terms, diners should expect a tighter, more intimate counter experience than a full dining room, plus pasta tastings and a small retail component. That format makes the process part of the draw, not just the finished bowl.

Chef Christopher Hyde sits at the center of the project, bringing a resume that stretches across Italy, New York, London and Australia, with time spent working in Modena, a city that carries serious weight in pasta culture. La Mano has spent years shaping the brand through pop-ups in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, including a Vancouver appearance at Bar Tartare in November 2022 and Edmonton pop-up dinners with Hyde. The company says it serves Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, and it launched as a fresh pasta delivery service in Calgary in 2020 before building toward this permanent space.

For North Vancouver, the timing is useful as much as the food. Lonsdale Quay already pulls commuters, shoppers and tourists through a transit-linked waterfront corridor, and La Mano adds something distinct to that flow: a pasta atelier with a clear point of view. Even the menu signals that Hyde and co. are willing to play, not just preserve, as shown by dishes like cavatelli with a Vegemite cacio e pepe twist. In a market full of quick options, La Mano is betting that handmade texture, visible technique and a first permanent address will be the details people remember.