Cafe La Strada

Food is very good — but over priced. Restaurant needs an update — the décor is getting old and tired looking. Also, parking can be a bit of a challenge. Good service though.

OUT OF BUSINESS.
Was a great place for lunch or dinner but they are now closed so I gave 1 star. Maybe they will reopen

Pricey, but so worth it. Food is always delicious. Doesn’t look like much from outside, but it’s a very nice atmosphere inside. Service was great every time, no complaints. Recommended.

Cute little place in shopping center. Veal valdonstano was absolutely amazing! Great wine list and specials are mouth watering!

This place is awesome! The food is always phenomenal, the wine is great and priced nicely and the service is always top notch. All their food is home made and the staff makes you feel like you are part of the family. If they have their salmon special that night, get it! You won’t be disappointed.

The food is good.
The valet parking is not necessary.
The prices are high for a strip mall joint that is old and dated.
So many better choices in the area.

Have to say «wow»! First time dinner here as we were in the area to see a hockey game. The food was plentiful and terrific! We had two veal dishes and one of us had a Caesar salad which two could have eaten. Loads of specials, I almost went for the veal chop and should have — saw it served to a table next to us and it looked enormous. Great service and we’ll be back again!

I came here first time many years ago for a team dinner. It was my manager’s secret spot. It did not disappoint. Their calamari is so good. Most recently I was here with my BF and we had the most amazing dinner. This Italian food is the real deal and you will get to take a lot of home with you.

This restaurant was the setting for one of the most important evenings of my life: my wedding celebration dinner. A little context, I come from a bunch of Italian-​Americans who love to eat (and complain when it’s not good). We got married at city hall and these people were pissed, like we cheated them out of a free meal. So to make up for it we rented out the big side room at Café La Strada and did it up proper style. Expectations were met and exceeded.
Some vignettes from that evening I’ll never forget:
–The gavones filling up on the antipasto buffet, thinking it was all the food they were getting all night. Watching some of these people try to polish off an osso bucco entrée later on was hilarious.
–my 14 year old niece trying to order a drink and the bartender coming to me like what do I do about this? I say give her a drink (and then as soon as she’s out of sight wink wink «don’t put any booze in it») the service was so good they will agree to your lies with a straight face.
–my «Mob Hits» uncle showing up late, flashing cash, and demanding his own table created like Copacabana scene in Goodfellas style. And they set it up for him no prob.
–same uncle asking about the bar situation, i said it’s open bar, whatever you want he says «these people don’t know what they are in for,»
–at the end of the night, same uncle, now very drunk, trying to help pay for it, when I told him no and we got this he said it was the best party he’s ever been to.
Needless to say the food was outstanding. Knowing my family I knew that you could have a wedding in the most scenic beautiful place on Earth, if the pasta was mushy they’d sit in the corner and talk crap about it, say it was a waste of money. This place certainly doesn’t have amazing décor but the food is ridiculously on point. 5 stars all the way, or as my 89 year old grandmother said «The food… was good.» They buried these people in amazing food. Besides the buffet there was a salad, soup, pasta, meat entrée and dessert. My family ate their asses off. It was just a dinner, and maybe a couple of toasts, no ceremony or dancing but everyone who went there calls it «my wedding.» I’ve gone back there before and since and it’s always really good.
Pro tip: this place is actually a strong lunch spot for the business crowd.

I can’t emphasize how awesome their staff was first off! Then there was the wine… YUMMM. So smooth. The bread was great and the appetizer was incredible. An avocado with blackened shrimp and a side a bruschetta toppings with a balsamic glaze of some sort. THEN… here come this amazing large plate with a huge chop of veal, covered with a brown mushroom sauce. I can honestly say this is going to be the last meal before I reach the gates of heaven