russo's coal-fired italian kitchen & pizza

sigh. i loved russo's when it opened a few years ago. everything had such an authentic taste and quality was immediate to the eye and tooth. we went today, and the new management has turned one of my favs into a lackluster, low quality, flat tasting (and higher dollar) restaurant that i will never return to. honestly, how can a coal fired oven make a mealy, chewy thin crust pizza? the desserts were even more disappointing! pistachio cheescake w/o the scent or flavor of pistachio, we found it here. i adored thisplacebefore, we were regulars, but boy how things have changed. worse off, we thought an empty house on a saturday night was just a random oddity. it seems like others figured it out before we did.


-----23 feb, 2012-----

the beet salad is really something else... we are disappointed that the lemmon bars have changed though.

burnt food. i went to thisplacetoday. ordered my fav. chick parm. when it came just by seeing it i was so disappointed. the key for the this dish is the parm cheese, it was totally burnt and when i mentioned that to the waiters [a gal with the specs] cooly says yes i see that. she never tried to apologies for the badly burnt food is served nor she tried to get me a fresh chick parm food. thisplaceis just disgusting to be in...its a big rip off restaurant and i will not recommend to anyone who wants taste some good food. all you get in thisplaceis a burnt food. i wish to see your restaurant closes pretty soon.

quality food & service in 1. this rare find has amazing food- i'd put it up against famous lombardi's of nyc- and amazing service. the staff is friendly and personable and make the experience dining her great. awesome lunch deals and the calzone's are great to share on a date. definitely aplaceto check out!

great food, the best coffee!. we wound up in front of this restaurant by shear accident because of a wrong turn. since we were in route to another restaurant, we couldn't resist how inviting thisplacelooked. we were not dissapointed. clientele was a mixture of family's, young, hip college students, trendy couples, etc. my husband is a lasagna fanatic and russo's delivered. although we did not order the pizza, it was certainly the most requested entree of the evening. great food, great service and the best cup of coffee i have ever had - seriously! we enjoyed our evening here and add this to our list of "constants" ,

best pizza around. greatplacelove the fire pots adds to the patio dinning.