Allegro Cafe

One of the last few reasons to venture into Hartford… The breakfast is OUTSTANDING!!! Everything they serve is great, please do yourself a favor try the Italian sausage for breakfast, no Wonder bread here, Italian toast… prices very reasonable,

Hartford’s best breakfast and equally great lunches! John is a master on the grill and Sylvia’s Italian specialties are superb. They use their home garden for great peppers, eggplants and tomatoes. Bad place for dieters.

This place is awesome; amazing food in a kitschy neighborhood diner and friendly warm service as well… Definitely recommend. I had the #4 omelette and it was a journey of flavor explosion… I’m still in awe of their mastery of breakfast. The chef was real nice and I really enjoyed the fact that I can watch everything happen from start to finish. Seems like a real cool local joint

This place is truly a hidden gem of Hartford. I’ve been going to Allegro for years. Everything I have ever gotten has been delicious. The home fries are awesome and so are the omelettes. Pretty fast service and very reasonable pricing. I’ll spend 8 bucks for an entire breakfast and still go home with leftovers. The portions are generous. Remember to bring cash because they don’t accept anything else.

Went for breakfast at around 11. Took 40 minutes for food to arrive. Staff was very friendly and coffee was refilled right away. As arriving our table smelled like bleach. A lot of cleaning is needed here. The kitchen was out in the open and visible. The cook didn’t wear gloves and was using the cash register as well. money is pretty dirty and shouldn’t be handled when cooking. Not a good thing. Overall the food was your typical diner breakfast. I did to enjoy the fresh bread that came with my omelette. Home fries was good as well.

Hidden gem for an amazing breakfast. Now, let’s be real, don’t go in expecting to be served with white gloves. This is a family run business and you can tell the people who work there know the regulars and they don’t go out of their way to ask how everything tastes. Service can be a little slow but seriously, so worth it!!!
I always order the same thing which is the #1 — omelette with sausage, peppers, onions, maybe something else. Omg, my mouth is watering just typing this review. The dish also comes with Italian bread toast and one of my favorite places for home fries. I’m not doing it justice but I love this place so much!!!
Tip: cash only, so come prepared. And after you stuff your face, walk on over to the Italian bakery for some delicious treats. The place fills up quickly so you may have to wait a bit.

I waited 25 minutes for a breakfast sandwich and hashbrowns, only to get undercooked bacon. During my wait I watched the cook touch raw bacon and eggs with his hands, not wash them, and then handle people’s toast and cooked food with his germ-​covered bare hands. I saw this at least 6 different times during my stay. They also used a visibly dirty rag to wipe down surfaces and tables. That is just not good business. I will not be back and I advise anyone against coming here until they can clean up their act.

This is a great local hangout for breakfast. They serve fresh baked and sliced Italian bread with there food. Stuffed omelettes, perfectly cooked eggs. Love the breakfast sandwiches, hubby and I pick them up to go for a quick breakfast. Simple but tasty home fries. Lot of local regulars from the area. This is just a simple and homey place to grab some tasty breakfast.

This place. THIS PLACE!!! This seemingly, dim, small, sort of odd looking joint is SERIOUSLY underrated! I went here with my sister after First and Last told us that they stopped serving Breakfast. The person at the register actually recommended this place to us which was awesome and my God was it a great choice! They make their own Italian bread and serve it with pretty much everything they make there. Breakfast is served all day and I do believe that they close fairly early.
Also, this place is a total local hangout, you have the standard Hartford peeps, blue collared hanging out here and minding their own buisness (awesome for two young women who clearly aren’t locals) and the little Italy crowd who also come in. Everyone seemed to know the people who ran the place so it gave off a great homey-​vibe :).
I ordered the brocolli and cheese omellete with homefries and YUM! It was cooked with light salt which I always love because then you can just add on your own. Homefries were crispy in all the right places and while we waited we could see the chef/​cook making our food. My sister also really loved her meal and we were floored by the price. So if you want great breakfast thats cheap and quick, Allegro’s is the place to go :).

This place is great for breakfast. Whenever I am back in Hartford I go to allegro’s. Tasty omelettes and pancakes make this a great breakfast place with a friendly atmosphere.

I was introduced to Allegro Café about two years ago by my Fiancée’s family, and I have gone almost every weekend since for breakfast. in the heart of Hartford’s little Italy they do everything to perfection. The French toast is UNREAL, and the syrup does not come in packets. it melts in your mouth.
The use of fresh Italian ingredients including the bread peppers and sausage makes the breakfast meals to die for… the potatoes are seasoned incredibly well and always cooked to perfection. the waitstaff has my drink ready as soon as I sit down, they are on top of it. And there really is no need for a menu, because they will make any breakfast food that you would like… if you haven’t tried it yet please go to Allegro Café in Hartford!

I am shocked and appalled at the review from Missy. S. Perhaps she doesn’t understand what «Italian American» food is and that italian sausage is what you get when you go to breakfast at an Italian American restaurant. Or maybe she doesn’t know what good ingredients are. Or her rating the prices of food when she hasn’t ordered appetizers of massive portions of deliciousness is not the brightest move. Or maybe she got take out and let it sit and was a poor excuse for an eater. Any of these options are possible.
I’ve been going to the Allegro since I was a child. As a kid, my sister and I would order ravioli and fruit punch for breakfast. It is the greatest ravioli and sauce in the world! Not to mention the bread is fantastic and great for sopping up the sauce.
Now, I’m a eggs, bacon and potatoes girl when it comes to breakfast as an adult. Everything is large portions and delicious — get outta here with that no flavor potatoes talk! The french toast is amazing and made with Italian bread so it’s thick and great for glopping on the syrup — sorry you couldn’t get some Mrs. Buttersworth sugar. My older brother always got the breakfast sangwiches and they’re made on Italian bread and stacked with goodness.
Grinders are just as good as everything else! Load up the meat, peppers, and condiments, please! And if you’re able to get the lemon chicken as a meal, go for it! Best stuff on earth!
I proudly stand up for the Allegro and can claim allegiance for 25 years and going! I only wish there was a way I could ship the food up to Boston every weekend! I make sure to go to the Allegro every chance I’m home visiting my parents!

Will do in a pinch… or if ur not super picky about a place having the best ingredients (ie…if Denny’s quality is your thing) then u will love this place.
Hubby only noticed it the other day… we thought it was new, but turns out they have ben there 35 years! Very surprising! LOL But they obviously must be doing something right, or it could be the fact that there is no other breakfast place on Franklin ave…
I will try something again sometime im sure… maybe the omelets are better… Their lunches might be great… lots of Pastas and Italian stuff, I didn’t even notice any burgers, sandwiches or that kind of thing on the lunch menu… just mostly ‘dinner’ sounding items… and i noticed the appetizers were 8 and 9 bucks, which seems high for a diner-​ish place…
They do use incredibly fresh Italian bread for the Sammy’s if u want, so hubby’s sausage egg and cheese was on that. I had a bite, but i do not like ITALIAN sausage with my eggs… would have been pretty perfect if it was breakfast sausage… One egg seems to get lost in the breading, both with the Italian bread and the ‘hard roll’ used on my sammy. Again, the middle got list in the big bread… one egg, and the bacon was crisy as i asked, but had no flavor and parts of it were just still white… it was almost like it was ‘burned, undercooked bacon” Ya know what i mean? I ate most of the sammy before pitching the rest… Oh it also needed lots of back pepper for flavor.
We got a side order of their potatoes… hoping they would be like Mo’s cuz they grill them like that… but they were sadly naked and crying for spice! I added some pepper and a touch of sea salt but they definitely would have been much better with some garlic, onion and paprika, etc!
We also got an order of French toast… Now THAT was pretty great… I had to add some cinnamon at home, and use my own syrup (instead of the low quality packets they give u… total ‘NO name’ …not even smuckers or kraft, which is the lowest grade i will accept. I grew up in Northern New England and true Maple syrup is the only way to go!) but the huge pieces of italian bread were soft and yummy with a chewy crust. Would def get this again…
Will definitely update u next time we try something else from here… as i said to hubby, next time i should try the ham, egg and cheese and see how that is… and will definitely get a 2^nd egg, and maybe double cheese and ham (since the cheese was pretty much invisible)…and with those fat pieces of Italian toast… u really need to have something substantial in the sammy!
The people were pretty friendly… prices were decent too, at least for breakfast, i didnt notice the ‘lunch’ prices other than the appetizers… but for all that food:
2 breakfast sandwiches,
a huge side order of potatoes (not sure if it was only one order or maybe he thought we wanted a double order and gave us two in the box…)
and one order of french toast (3 huge pieces)
and the total came to 15.00 and change… that amount of food at most other places would be almost twice that!
I will definitely try it again, sometime, and will update as needed! :O)