For handmade Sicilian pasta in La Mesa Village, Limoncello Modern Italian occupies a 2,000-square-foot Amalfi Coast-inspired dining room on La Mesa Boulevard. The handmade pappardelle stuffed with shaved truffle and porcini cream anchors a seasonal Italian menu that broadens the dining range on a La Mesa Boulevard block already known for Mario's De La Mesa Restaurant. Art deco interiors feature ceramic floor tiling, floral chandeliers, arched ceilings, and nano-fold glass doors that fold back to reveal a 20-seat patio modeled on southern Italy's coastal architecture. Tableside cheese-wheel service employs a butane torch to heat the interior of a whole Parmigiano-Reggiano wheel before tossing hot gnocchi or rigatoni inside, finishing each plate in a live emulsion. The Limoncello Martini — served with a frozen lemon popsicle submerged in the glass — headlines a full cocktail program that extends the Italian evening beyond the dining room and into the same after-dinner culture cultivated by roasters such as Dark Horse Coffee Roasters in the Village. The kitchen prepares mezzelune baccalà — half-moon pasta filled with salted sea bass — alongside garlic-and-parsley potatoes, applying traditional Southern Italian fish-curing and pasta-filling techniques to seasonal seafood.