(Decanter) - Francis Ford Coppola is suing the Tavola Italian Kitchen restaurant in Novato, California for trademark infringement over the use of the word 'Tavola'. Trustees of the Coppola family, which owns restaurants Zoetrope in San Francisco and Rustic in Sonoma County, say that 'a tavola', meaning ‘to the table’, a casual dining experience with no menus, is a hallmark of the restaurants. The Coppola Family Trust has registered a US trademark for the phrase 'a tavola' upon which the lawsuit is based.