Party of . . .: Cafe' Amore

Party of 4

Cafe' Amore is a neighborhood hot spot. You can bring your own wine and there is always a large party, usually family, celebrating an older family member's birthday or retirement. The restaurant is low-key - you could wear just about anything in there and kid friendly.

The tables are classic old restaurant with plastic on top of a white table cloth. The chairs are comfotrtable and on casters so with a young child who doesn't sit still they can be a pain. The usualy stuff on the table, including a candle holder with no candle in a somewhat dark restaurant.

The boys ordered fried cheese - clearly would not pass the GR (Gordon Ramsey) fresh test. Frozed and now fried - the boy ate them so mission accomplished! Cafe' Amore has wonderful rolls - might be the only home made item - but so worth the wait and calories! Add a little butter and in heaven! I ordered a unsweet tea, one of the boys ordered apple juice, one ordered water and my MIL (mother-in-law) ordered water. My tea tasted old and way too strong, the water also tasted funny, so I ordered a diet pepst - another beverage with an odd taste - guessing I should have remember the BYOB (bring your own bottle).

Cafe' Amore is very average italian food - my MIL and I both ordered a chef salad AKA antipasta salad - it had some odd stuff on it for a chef's salad but fresh letture - the salami and cheese rolled into one bite was good and there was plenty. The dressing was a little not to my liking but to each his own! My oldest ordered a 10" pizza - NO SAUCE (never been a sauce eater) just pizza crust and white cheese - it was good but arrived 10 mins after we got our meal. The youngest got the kids pasta and it was exactly like he liked it! The special today was Osso Buco - so they can do more high-falutin meals but again I think everything would just be pretty average high falutin or not!

Kid Friendly: Absolutely
Cleanliness: OK
Food: Average
Service: Ok
Cost: $
How likely to go back: Probably once more this year.