Good: The food is excellent. It is just like home cooked Italian food that I used to get at the local Mom and Pop restaurants where I grew up in Cleveland. I had the chicken rollatini which was fantastic. One of my dining companions had the sea bass with a pesto based cream sauce which he loved. Another had some raviloi which they always get when they go to Cafe Italia. The bread is the the old 1960's white bread, heated in the oven so the crust is crispy with the feathery bread inside. Squishy and Fantastic. Bad: Not big enough. Sometimes you have to wait in a big crowd by the door to get a table. But this is a converted fast food place, so foyer space is limited. As in, there is no foyer. In my opinion, you can't say anything bad about the food. It is what it is. Old fashioned Mom and Pop style Italian hearty food! And the ambiance is dark and dim. But really can be romantic.. Improvements: Add on a few more dining rooms to the old location on NW Hwy. There may not be room in this Taco Bell/converted to Cafe Italia venue. Which is a shame. But you sometimes tend to feel crowded here.. Other: People need to stop trying to compare this place with haute Italian cuisine. Cafe Italia isn't about that. This place takes you back to the 1960's. When American palates were not so sophisticated in the artesian breads and the 30 different kinds of olives. In the 1960's the old chianti bottles were used for candle holders. And the place was so dim you could hardly see the menu. With hearty peasant sauces. This is Cafe Italia. Even though the owners are from Yugoslavia or someplace. They get it right.
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