Skip the Cooking, Not the Quality
Every dinner is made fresh to order from Tom's family recipes, cooked by hand the day you pick it up and never pulled from a case. Because we prepare exactly what is reserved, these are pre-order only – just lock in your order by 8 PM the night before. Walk in, grab your dinner, and add a bottle from the wine boutique and a cannoli or tiramisu to make the whole night effortless.
Friday nights in Scripps Ranch just got easier.
Every Friday, we hand off a hot, complete dinner for two straight from our kitchen to your hands. No cooking. No reheating. No standing in the kitchen at 5:30 PM trying to turn random leftovers into something that feels like dinner. You order online earlier in the week, you swing by Buon Cibo between 4 and 7 PM, and you walk out with dinner handled.
It is the kind of meal we would serve our own family on a Friday night – comforting, generous, and made for two people who are actually hungry. And for $35, it is one of the easiest dinner decisions in Scripps Ranch.
This Friday, June 19th:
Baked Breaded Cod with Lemon-Caper Sauce. Golden breaded cod baked until crisp and flaky, finished with a bright lemon-caper sauce spooned over the top.
Alongside, saffron rice with green peas, warm, colorful, and exactly what belongs next to a proper Friday night seafood dinner.
Enough for two people who are actually hungry. Pull back the lid, plate it if you feel like it, or eat straight from the dish on the couch. We will not judge.
How it works:
Order online through this page anytime between now and Thursday, June 25th at 7 PM.
Pick up Friday, June 26th, between 4 and 7 PM at Buon Cibo, 10380 Spring Canyon Road, inside Livia in Scripps Ranch.
Walk in, give us your name, walk out with dinner. Hot, packed, ready to eat.
A few things to know:
This is a hot, ready-to-eat meal. Pick up close to your dinner time for the best experience. If you are picking up earlier in the window, let us know when you plan to eat and we will pack it for the road.
This menu is for this week only. Every Friday brings a new dinner. Join our email list to get next week’s menu before it goes live.
How Pre-Order Works
1. Reserve by 8 PM the night before.
2. We cook it fresh – every order made by hand perfectly timed to be ready for your preferred pick-up time.
3. Pick up and enjoy – bring it home, no cooking and no cleanup. Add wine and dessert at checkout.
“Generous portions and amazing flavor.”
“Melts in your mouth. Do not change a thing.”
“Another great meal — we’ll be ordering again next Friday!”
“We loved it!”
“Thank you for giving us date night at home!”
“We’re so happy you’re in the neighborhood!”
“You have a great team.”
“The beef was so tender and flavorful.”
“The chicken was outstanding.”
“The tiramisu was the perfect touch.”
Sunday just changed forever in Scripps Ranch.
Introducing SUGO SUNDAY, every Sunday at Buon Cibo, starting this weekend.
So what is sugo? If you grew up in a Sicilian household, you already know. It’s the slow-cooked Sunday sauce that simmers on the stove all day long. The pot that fills the entire house with garlic and tomatoes and braised meat. The reason nobody ever left Nanu’s table hungry.
This is Tom Tarantino’s family recipe, handed down from his Nanu, made the way it’s been made for generations. Rich, slow-simmered sugo with tender meatball, Italian sausage, rigatoni, and warm garlic bread.
$22. Every Sunday. 2–7 PM. Walk in or take it to go.
This isn’t something we put together for a promotion. This is the meal Tom grew up eating every Sunday. Now it’s yours.
This Sunday, pull up a chair.
Looking for Dessert?
Available to add on at checkout
Tiramisu is the dessert Italian grandmothers built specifically for the end of a long, good meal.
Espresso-soaked ladyfingers are layered with cloud-light mascarpone cream and finished with a dusting of bittersweet cocoa on top. Sweet, but not too sweet. Rich, but not heavy. Coffee, cocoa, and cream doing exactly what they were meant to do together.
One generous slice, enough for two, packed cold and ready to enjoy after dinner.
Add it to your Friday Night Dinner for Two, or grab one any time you stop in.
The cannolo is Sicily’s most famous sweet, and the one Tom Tarantino grew up watching the women in his family make on Sunday afternoons in their Sicilian kitchen. A crisp fried shell, a fresh ricotta cream filling that walks the line between rich and bright, and a generous dusting of powdered sugar — like Sicilian snow — to finish it off just right. Just enough sweetness to feel like a real treat without overwhelming the espresso you should drink with it.
Two cannolis. One for each of you. Or both for whoever called it first.
A rich, comforting Italian-inspired dessert made with traditional panettone bread, baked until golden and custardy, then finished with a light dusting of powdered sugar. Each bite offers a soft, moist center with warm notes of vanilla, citrus, and sweet fruit from the panettone, creating a dessert that feels both familiar and special.
Available in limited quantities.