569 High Street
Westwood, MA 02090
781-461-8118
Named for chef-owner Steven LaCount’s grandmother, Chiara (which means clear in Italian) is Westwood’s answer to upscale cuisine outside Boston’s city limits. The frequently-changing menus feature seasonal selections of authentic Italian, French, Spanish, Greek and other Mediterranean cuisines, as well as a fine selection of unusual wines.
The warm, yet sophisticated dining room with its imported Italian tiles, bright modern art and signature wine wall, can accommodate intimate dinners as well as private parties from ten to 100. It’s perfectly clear why Chiara’s well on its way to becoming a neighborhood favorite.
Sample Spring Wines at Chiara
If all this unseasonably warm weather has thrown your seasonal wine drinking off course, swing by Chiara's burgundy and ...
Chiara's Got the Wines of Piedmont
Hop in the car and head for Chiara on Wednesday, February 29th
Dinnerfest 2012
Before you settle in to watch the Oscars, drop by the Brahmin for an afternoon/evening of do-gooding at the ...

Chef Bret Pelaggi, originally from Norwood, is a graduate of the New England Culinary Institute in Vermont. As an intern at The Country Club in Brookline, Pelaggi worked alongside and learned his basic cooking skills from chef Steven LaCount.
Pelaggi, who also did an internship in Garmish, Germany, has worked in some of Boston's best kitchens, including L'Espalier under chef-owner Frank McClelland and Kingfish Hall under James Beard Award winning chef Todd English. During his four and a half year tenure with the Olives Group, he was promoted to Sous Chef and selected as culinary trainer for the new Olive Group restaurants in Seattle, Orlando and Boston.
Pelaggi then moved on to help open Sibling Rivalry as a Sous Chef, working for one year with James Beard Award winning chef Bob Kinkead, and his brother David Kinkead. When he heard that chef LaCount was opening Chiara, he jumped at the chance to join him in the kitchen at his new venture.
Pelaggi enjoys his cat, Sage; spending time with his wife, Michelle; and watching sports like hockey and football.
