The Lowdown · AI digest
How we read reviews →Parkdale's quietly brilliant Italian. polpo, seafood pasta and a devoted local following.
Cosy, warmly decorated neighbourhood trattoria with small tables set close together. intimate and lively when full, calmer for quieter weekday dinners.
Regular regional Italian wine dinners (a recent Lombardy showcase), an $80pp chef's banquet/degustation menu, Italian wine imported direct from the source, and shared dishes plated individually to make sharing easier.
Praised by an Italian-heritage reviewer who went in sceptical and came away thrilled; regional wine dinners lean into specific Italian provincial traditions rather than a generic 'Italian' menu.
Reviewers repeatedly call it better value than pricier CBD Italians. an $80pp chef's banquet with wine and drinks came to about $200 for two, well under what a three-course pub meal costs elsewhere.
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