Cucina Di Vargas
“make reservations early
in the week for weekend dining,”
“Had the baked clams, mozzarella sticks, chopped salad, penne al la vodka and the stuffed chicken special- everything was delicious!!”
“A very nice family running a family style Italian restaurant perfectly .”
Cucina Di Vargas
Takes Reservations: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Has TV: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Price range.
$$$ Price range $31-60
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Came here last night. I was going to have dinner with hubby but it turns out we forgot about a concert his mom was in at a high school so he went to the concert and I went the meeting I had to cover after work. I walked in this place before getting on the train because I wanted to yelp them and haven't tried them.
They had my order done pretty fast, I had my food in hand before it was time for my train and I sampled a cappuccino while waiting.
I don't understand the five star reviews, the place was decent but not delectably delicious enough to warrant five stars or even a second visit.
The atmosphere is semi questionable. The inside of the restaurant looks terrific. It's tastefully decorated with a hint of Italian, comfy and elegant at the same time. The outside windows however are tinted to black so before going in there to dine you wonder what the hell you are getting into and if you could possibly be taking your life in your hands.
One tip, the food is family style. So if you do eat there share the dish, if you're single be prepared to take a lot of food home enough to last you the entire week. Unless you are a binge eater and can stuff it all down the chute at once.
I got a half order of penne with broccoli, potatoes and olive oil. When it was ready I was presented with a take out shopping bag. Then it hit me how big the order really was when I realized I was carrying it out with me in a half size catering tray tin. I was also struck by how cheap a half size order was. Carmines in the city would charge double the price, they are the only other family style restaurant I've eaten in. They gave me bread with the order but they left the bread open to germs while travel inside the shopping bag, luckily I had a sandwich bag with me to seal the bread. I was traveling on two trains and didn't really want my bread acquiring a bunch of massive transit germs. Also they had no plastic forks to offer for people who might want to eat their food on the run. The waitress was nice enough to give me a restaurant fork and told me not to worry about returning it even though I offered to. I guess they wouldn't since they would assume you'd take an order back home with you, but what if a group of people wanted to share the tray outside or something? I looked pretty awkward carrying a catering tray of food on the trains with me.
So after all that here's what I thought about the food.
The cappuccino was alright. It had a little bit of a strong tinge to it, not that perfect cappuccino flow that comes from a great Italian restaurant.
The food was also okay. It wasn't great but it had a decent flavor and wasn't awful either. The bread was fresh, not too soft or hard. Everything would have been bland without the olive oil and additional spices but they saved the dish and added some flavor.
So the place wasn't too bad but I don't think I'd go back again wasn't all that impressed.