New restaurant: Alfresco

[ron_newman]

Alfresco, a sit-down restaurant featuring 'Italian and Mediterranean Cuisine', has opened at 382 Highland Ave. (corner of Highland and Cutter). This is the space formerly occupied by Alex Pizza, Out of the Blue, Dolly's, and Kay & Chips.

(Edit 11/11/07) Alfresco is owned by the same person who used to own Savannah Grill on Elm Street.

Comments

[theriotgrl.livejournal.com]

Yeah I live up the street, saw it over the weekend. Cheap chicken parm sandwiches, wonder if it's any good?

[an-art-worker.livejournal.com]

maybe they will survive on the cupcake traffic (which I noticed has a help wanted sign in the window).

If I wait very patiently, eventually the North End will come to me.

[siderea]

Because what Davis Square really needs is another brand new Italian restaurant.

Not complaining, mind you, just very amused. I like Italian. This is what, the third to open in a year? And they're already competing with Mike's and Antonia's.

Re: If I wait very patiently, eventually the North End will come to me.

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

And Amelia's in Teele (which is still my preferred one, though admittedly I haven't tried Sagra yet).

Re: If I wait very patiently, eventually the North End will come to me.

[houlette.livejournal.com]

And Pescatore in Ball Square (my favorite).

Re: If I wait very patiently, eventually the North End will come to me.

[kevin-church.livejournal.com]

Calling Mike's an Italian restaurant is like calling McDonald's a steakhouse.

Re: If I wait very patiently, eventually the North End will come to me.

[jspazzer.livejournal.com]

And La Spina in the former mafia den behind Rosebud.

[mderidder.livejournal.com]

Now for the inevitable convergence...

An Italian Burrito joint!

[on-reserve.livejournal.com]

Neat! It's nice to see that space getting used. Thanks for the update :)

[on-reserve.livejournal.com]

Oh man, a meatball burrito would RULE.

[closetalker11.livejournal.com]

Holy crap. I would eat this every day until I died (which, I'm sure if I ate this every day, wouldn't be too long off).

Re: If I wait very patiently, eventually the North End will come to me.

[siderea]

I was trying to compensate for my biases. No real disagreement. :}

Re: If I wait very patiently, eventually the North End will come to me.

[ron_newman]

I like Mike's, but it's not really in the same category as a sit-down place with waiter service.

[bitvoid.livejournal.com]

I ate here tonight. On first impression, seems to be better than La Spina (not hard), possibly up there with Sagra -- but nowhere near as good as Antonia's. However, at their lower price point, could be a good deal.

I was hoping this would be something like Cinderella's (or, even more optimistically, Dino's!), but no dice. It's definitely a full-on sit-down restaurant type place.

[hissilliness.livejournal.com]

Does it have outdoor seating? Naming it that without seems...perverse. And not in a fun way.

[ron_newman]

I don't think so, but this is the wrong time of year for it anyway.

[ron_newman]

I saw a couple of tables on the sidewalk there a few weeks ago, but they're gone now. You'd think today was too cold for outdoor food anywhere, but people were sitting at two of Chipotle's outdoor tables this afternoon.

great dinner

[allisonwndrland.livejournal.com]

i stopped by this place tonight with a friend. he ordered fettucine alfredo and i had the gnocchi in a creamy tomato basil sauce.

the servers were very attentive and friendly, and my gnocchi was great -- particularly the sauce! the fettucine needed more sauce, but was pretty tasty, as well.

not much else to report -- but definitely a very good option for local italian grub.