This latest venture from the Del Pietro family features a minimalist menu of value-priced, home-style eats. Spaghetti with two very big and very tasty meatballs and a mammoth slab of cheese- and sausage-laden lasagna both were winners. Pizzas are available with your choice of thin or medium-thick crust. The Neapolitan-style pizza margherita is a standout. Daily specials rotate among Italian and Italian-American favorites like veal Parmigiano and chicken spiedini. Almost everything on the menu can be had for $12 or less, and the classy, understated décor lends itself equally to family night out, first dates and casual get-togethers.
Part of the Michael Del Pietro group of restaurants that includes Via Vino, Del Pietro's, Luciano's Trattoria, Sugo's Spaghetteria, Babbo's lies in a strip mall across from Plaza Frontenac. The concise menu includes a small selection of antipasti, including bruschetta and eggplant. The main event features pastas, with spaghetti and meatballs, lasagna and the risotto of the day among the choices, as well as a variety of pizzas,chicken, veal and fish rounding out the menu.
The new concept will be located in a 3,000-square-foot-space at Trace on the Parkway, and the cuisine will take a departure from Del Pietro s other restaurants.