La Ventana de Pasta brings Mexitalian flavors to Katella Commons

Danielle Duran Zecca and Alessandro Zecca are bringing La Ventana de Pasta to Katella Commons, putting a Mexitalian pasta concept inside OCVIBE’s 50,000-square-foot market hall in Anaheim. The restaurant is slated to open in early 2027 and will join a lineup of 21 chef-driven kitchens and six bar and lounge concepts.

La Ventana de Pasta is being framed as more than another Italian counter. The Zeccas are building it around Mexican and Italian culinary traditions, family recipes, shared heritage, and seasonal California ingredients. That approach gives pasta a different lane in Southern California, one that moves away from standard red-sauce expectations and toward a cross-cultural menu rooted in the region’s everyday mix of flavors.

The project also builds on the profile Danielle Duran Zecca and Alessandro Zecca established at Amiga Amore. Amiga Amore earned a 2024 James Beard semifinalist nod for Best Emerging Restaurant, and Danielle Duran Zecca later became a 2025 semifinalist for Best Chef: California. Those recognitions help explain why the couple is being positioned as one of the marquee chef teams heading into Katella Commons.

Katella Commons itself is a major piece of OCVIBE, the 100-acre mixed-use district rising around Honda Center. OCVIBE describes the hall as the district’s culinary hub, and the two-story space is designed to serve as a central gathering point when it opens in early 2027. The tenant mix already points to a broad dining lineup, with Burritos La Palma, Evil Cooks, Khao Soi, and other chef-led concepts in the mix.

For Orange County pasta fans, the draw is clear: La Ventana de Pasta is arriving with a defined point of view, not a generic Italian label. By placing Mexitalian cooking inside one of Anaheim’s most visible new food halls, the Zeccas are giving Katella Commons a pasta concept with a distinct identity from day one.