The new owner, Richard, of La Luce Ristorante took over from the previous owner Gorgia D when he retired. Richard states that the menu reflects the previous owner’s northern regional Italian culture. The restaurant had begun as a hot table then expanded into a fine dining experience on the other side of the establishment with a kitchen in the middle to cater food to both sections. The mission was to offer a motel restaurant for construction workers that started building Woodbridge in 1977 as many of the workers were staying overnight. Being one of the only Italian businesses in the area Richard states it was not hard to attract customers at first. The menu used to be quite simple, but as time went on more complicated dishes were added that require more attention to detail. To create authentic Italian food many ingredients are imported from Italy such as cheese like mozzarella, tomatoes, olives, tomato paste, and olive paste. The future of La Luce is to turn one part of the restaurant as a casual walk-in pizzeria and keep the fine-dining room for reservations and more sophisticated sit-down meals.
