This is a real
neighborhood place, with chummy service and large portions of
excellent food. On weekend nights the line can be long, but once
your
name is on the list, you're part of the gang-you'll be sent
across the street
to hang around at the Grand Cafe until your table is ready. When
it is, you're seated in
one of the two glorified-storefront dining rooms, decorated with
photos of
Italy on the walls and filled with the satisfied chatter of
happy diners.
Salads and appetizers aren't cheap, but portions are large and
quality
is high-the house salad dressing is a cheese infused wonder;
broccoli orata
is battered and sautéed until it's both tender and crispy; and
eggplant rolatini,
when it's available as a special, is out of this world.
Main dishes are divided into pasta, chicken, veal, and seafood,
but you
may not get past the specials. The house special chicken,
broccoli, and ziti
(a dish you'll find on more menus than chicken parmigiana) is
the best in town!,
and the daily specials actually taste as good as they sound. If
seafood is
involved, go for it.
by
Frommer's Boston
As we turned onto
Salem Street, the smell of garlic wafted from half a dozen
restaurants, and suddenly we were ravenous. "Head for the one
with the longest line," our daughter spoke up, before her father
could say it. That turned out to be Lo Conte's Italian
Cuisine, a neighborhood restaurant filled, it seemed, with
friends and
relatives of the owners.
Scanning the menu,
our spirits soared: Gnocchi Spezzatino,
Arrabbiata, Saltinbocca, Farfalle...we felt like extras in
one
of Francis Ford Coppola's Italian family epics.
Each of us ordered
something different, to share and sample.We ate slowly, savoring
every bite, every moment.
By
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
Lo
Conte's Restaurant- The best places to Order Dinner A'la Card
