Cappella Magna
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Reservation-only fine dining beneath a spray-painted Sistine ceiling. Catacomb Lounge • art gallery • new menu every 6 weeks. Waterloo, Iowa.
Welcome to Capella Magna, Iowa's newly imagined premiere destination venue! Experience the only replica of the Sistine Chapel in the world. Host your corporate event, office party, wedding, or anniversary in the splendor and elegance of Michelangelo's masterpiece reimagined by Waterloo's own, Paco Rosic. With seating for 68 people in the main hall, and another 50 people in a beautiful marble bar area, this venue is perfect for gatherings large and small. Cappella Magna has caught the attention of network newscasts, The Rachel Ray show, The Los Angeles Times and countless other media outlets. Join us and learn what everybody is talking about! Cappella Magna is the perfect venue for families, business celebrations or private tour groups.
Monday. The dining room is dark tonight — this is prep for Friday.
Every shrimp cup, every sauce dot, practiced until it's automatic.
Reservations — link in bio. We seat Fridays and Saturdays.
restaurant • lounge • art gallery Gordana Anna Rosic PACO | RAQUE | ROSIC Paco Raque Rosic
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Monday morning. A new week, same quiet ritual — the pass wiped down, plates lined up, everything in its place before the fire starts.
Seven courses. One kitchen. It all begins here.
Reservations — link in bio.
restaurant • lounge • art gallery Gordana Anna Rosic PACO | RAQUE | ROSIC Paco Raque Rosic
****laMagna
Years in the making — the room, the plates, the fire. This is Ca****la Magna ❤️
Sunday night at the pass. One more lap through the kitchen — and then the week begins again.
Reservations — link in bio.
restaurant • lounge • art gallery Gordana Anna Rosic PACO | RAQUE | ROSIC Paco Raque Rosic
****laMagna
Into the oil. Seconds later, it changes completely.
Rice paper fried until light, airy and crisp — one of the small techniques behind the plates at Ca****la Magna.
Simple ingredient. Precise timing. Made by hand.
Ca****la Magna // Behind the Kitchen
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It starts with a watermelon. 🍉
Every piece of our Crisp Watermelon Shell is cut and shaped by hand — one at a time.
Cut.
Shaped.
Prepped.
Ready for service.
A few seconds behind the process at Ca****la Magna.
Simple ingredient.
Precise technique.
Built by hand.
From menus past — every plate had its moment under this ceiling.
Which one was yours?
Reservations — link in bio.
restaurant • lounge • art gallery Gordana Anna Rosic PACO | RAQUE | ROSIC Paco Raque Rosic
I turned a tuile into a butterfly.
Black.
White.
Yellow.
Delicate.
Crisp.
Edible.
One small detail, finished by hand.
Thursday at the pass. Seven seconds of a kitchen in motion — tweezers, quenelles, and the quiet hum before Friday.
Reservations — link in bio.
restaurant • lounge • art gallery Milosava Bosnjak PACO | RAQUE | ROSIC Paco Raque Rosic
****laMagna
Thursday morning. Mise en place — everything in its place before the week turns toward the weekend.
Reservations — link in bio.
restaurant • lounge • art gallery Milosava Bosnjak PACO | RAQUE | ROSIC Paco Raque Rosic
****laMagna
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Address
622 Commercial Street
Waterloo, IA
50701
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