Set in a beautiful old house with high wooden ceilings and beautiful décor, Tata is always crowded. If you want a table for lunch, get there by noon. And book ahead for a reservation for Friday or Saturday nights. Children of Italians who arrived in the country in the ‘50s, owners Tata and Antonio continue the culinary traditions of their ancestors. The menu is rich with Italian wines, fine pasta, seafood and meats. Tata – “little girl” in Italian - makes all the pasta at home. The house specialty is gnocchi filled with fruit - a traditional dish from the Friuli region. She makes the ambrosial gnocchi with smashed potatoes, shapes them in a triangle and fills them with sweet plums slow-cooked in wine with a touch of spices and herbs. She finishes the dish with salty Parmigiano cheese for a different taste and texture. Tata makes some of the tastiest pasta in Caracas, and her gnocchi with fruits are the best in Venezuela.