Pasta Viva plans new Mission Viejo location in Orange County

Pasta Viva is lining up 27670 Santa Margarita Parkway in Mission Viejo for its next Orange County outpost, and the paperwork already points to a possible late-summer debut. The exact opening date has not been confirmed, but the project has moved far enough to appear in a plan review filed with the Orange County Health Care Agency, a step that signals the restaurant is working through the county’s formal food-facility process.

For Pasta Viva, the Mission Viejo move looks less like a one-off lease and more like a brand in motion. The Irvine-based concept was founded in 2025 by Bulgarian siblings Dessi Sarabosing and Boris Mitrev, who built the restaurant around a family story of reunion and creating something together. That backstory still sits at the center of the pitch, but the menu is what gives the brand its traction: Pasta Viva says it makes pasta in-house with flour imported from Italy, bakes focaccia fresh daily, and keeps the kitchen free of seed oils and additives.

That combination helps explain why the brand has already drawn attention beyond its first home at The Square in Irvine. Early launch coverage highlighted a signature touch that pasta regulars tend to notice immediately, pasta tossed in a 24-month aged Parmesan cheese wheel from Italy. In a crowded fast-casual market, that kind of theatrical finish gives the restaurant a sharper identity than a standard bowls-and-salads template, while the handmade pasta and fresh bread keep it anchored in familiar comfort.

Mission Viejo is a logical next stop. South Orange County has shown room for restaurant concepts that can thread the needle between family dining and quick service, and Pasta Viva appears built for that lane. The Santa Margarita Parkway address places it in a part of the county where convenience, suburban dinner traffic and destination dining all overlap. For a pasta brand, that matters: the strongest growth stories are often the ones that can serve a weeknight family table as easily as a lunch break.

The company’s backstory adds another layer. Coverage has described Sarabosing as a co-founder with experience in restaurant and franchise work, while Mitrev has been tied to the London food scene. Earlier reporting said the siblings worked in their parents’ restaurants in Bulgaria before later reuniting to build concepts together. That mix of family history, cross-border influence and operational ambition gives Pasta Viva a profile that feels bigger than a single storefront. If the timing holds, Mission Viejo will be the next place Orange County gets to see that story play out.