
Excellent | Worth a Detour
Casa Bella
Review by: Michael Stern
Casa Bella is a charming in-town restaurant with seating in cozy dining rooms as well as at outdoor tables and on a broad front porch. It’s a homespun setting with ambience that is casual but not the least bit sloppy.
The menu is a roster of Italian classics: pastas of every shape; veal Francese, Parmagian, piccata, or saltimbocca; shrimp scampi and occasional shrimp puttanesca; and always a fish of the day available grilled, blackened, Francese, or Mediterranean. It’s all good, prepared with expertise and top-notch ingredients. One inconspicuous highlight from the kitchen is billed simply as “grilled chicken breast.” In fact, it is wonderful Italian comfort food, marinated in rosemary, olive oil, and garlic: easy to slice and a pleasure to savor.
All dinners begin with a slices of crusty bread accompanied by a bowl full of roasted-tender garlic cloves lolling in olive oil. It’s a simple dish, rather elegant to look at and virtually lascivious to eat.
There’s a modest wine list and a full bar that offers standard cocktails as well as such specialties as a peach Bellini and a limoncello margarita.
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Information
Price | $ |
Seasons | All |
Meals Served | Dinner |
Credit Cards Accepted | Yes |
Alcohol Served | Yes |
Outdoor Seating | Yes |
What To Eat
Casa Bella Recipes
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