Gnocchi Marinara
Maria's Italian Kitchen

Maria's Italian Kitchen

3537 E Foothill Blvd, 91107, Pasadena, United States

Pizza • Vegan • Italian • Catering


"The problem I have with Maria's is that the items that used to set them apart from all the other Italian family restaurants have been removed from their menu.As with most businesses, not just restaurants, only best-sellers are kept in the inventory.They used to have a delicious spicy risotto with shrimp and corn, a salad with gorgonzola and pecans, but they longer will make them even if you offer to pay extra. They used to let customers order either a large or small size chicken piccata dinner. Not any more. And they used to have a bar that made a most delicious cocktail called The Milano. Nope, they no longer even have a bar, and the wines that are on the menu are, shall we say, not exactly Italy's best.Although l am still glad to order the chicken piccata or generous sized meatballs, I find it a little depressing to go to Maria's. We were loyal patrons for nearly 30 yrs. We'd frequent the one in Reseda, Studio City, Hastings Ranch, but now we go only occasionally.I understand that the pandemic has taken a terrible toll on the restaurant-and-hospitality industries, but if they want to keep customers coming back, they need to offer things you can't get at every other place that bills itself as specializing in a specific cuisine, but serves only what one can get anywhere else. Otherwise it's a lot cheaper to just boil up your own pot of water and throw in a box of pasta."

Evelyn's Big Italian Pizzeria

Evelyn's Big Italian Pizzeria

704 Texas St, 94533, Fairfield, United States

Pizza • Pasta • Lunch • Italian


"east coast ingenial. eating here today was one of the best culinary surprises I had for a long time. the decoration of the place is very east coast of fiiliale cut off from ital and randomly with baseball, military and police and fire pics, along with sport toys and the always present picture of tony soprano, al pacino, all the godfather occupation and many other Italian icons scream. many places try to copy this, but it simply comes as a cheesy. this place gives the very authentic feeling. it brings me back to some of my favorite places in baltimore, philly, providence or even north jersey. now the important part that eat. I will first throw out the fact that I didn't try the pizza. I feel like you do that, it's juicy to pass on the dead for the first time when I dive here, but I wanted pasta. I had the fetuciini cosa nostra. this is a wet, thin sauce with fresh tomato-choed, basilikum and garlic. That was so damn good. the basilikum was very forward with hard tastes of the tomatoes and made the garlic subtle and background music, but made it noticeable. it was so good. it could have been made before an hour in my garden. remember that this is not a Tuscan or Sicilian style. this is a new York/New jersey pizza and pasta shopfront. they make a lot of their own ingredients, but it is not artisan inspired cuisine this is just up gravy and makkaroni, which are so hard to find past I-95. I'll update this as soon as I have the pizza. the only change that I would make is the music. You need classic rock on such a location floyd, boston, eddie money or, I dare to say, travel."

Georgina's Pizzeria

Georgina's Pizzeria

3536 Davis DrNC 27560, Morrisville, United States

Tea • Wine • Pizza • Italian


"Expected more than a strip mall restaurant honestly. Food was kind of meh. My wife found two hairs in her Stromboli and lost her appetite. Our waitress was pretty good but the ambiance was more like a pier one going out of business sale. It was cold in there too. One employee was more interested in dismantling a printer at the front mire so than running a restaurant and the cooks looked untrustworthy leering from the kitchen at each opportunity. We weren’t late nor were we rude or boisterous so we were surprised to find black hairs in the food. The garlic knots were good but floating in garlic butter. We were famished so that was a nice surprise delivered to the table. We didn’t order it. My gnocchi was ok but the sauce left something to be desired. The girls’ food looked a little less than appetizing but they said it was good. I put my reservation into opentable not knowing anything about the restaurant after our girls’ competition was over knowing there would be long lines everywhere. There were reservations available here immediately and fit the bill so we went. They acted surprised that we arrived and told them we had reservations...they didn’t know anything about us coming. . No matter, no tables were ready for us, but the place was more or less empty. occupied tables. They told us to sit wherever. Didn’t expect that. Our waitress was great but didn’t talk much or interrupt our conversations which that was nice for a change. She did startle us a few times grabbing plates and cups without notice. Our bill was I think with tip but that wasn’t counting the hairy Stromboli that was removed from the bill. My wife asked for a tea to go, but shouldn’t have. Halfway home she found ANOTHER hair in her cup just like the black ones in her Stromboli. We won’t be back but wish the best for the business. Hopefully someone sees this and is able to print it in their repaired printer for the others to see and improve their hair hiding skills"