Ciao Bella is my favorite Italian dining establishment on Newberry St in the Back Bay area. Comparable in price to Croma just down the block, Ciao Bella offers a more traditional Italian menu with all the basics, pasta, parmesan, salads seafood with several excellent choices for desserts. The raspberry peach cobbler in particular is worth the trip. The mussles in a mustard sauce is also delicious.
Ciao Bella also offers a quieter setting for dinner conversation than Croma which tends to be populated by a younger professional and trendy set. The sidewalk cafe in the summers usually require that patrons wait after 1 pm but is perfect for a leisurely lunch or dinner which people watching.
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