Informal Italian bar & eatery with hand-tossed or thick-crust brick-oven pies, plus pasta & entrees. Based on 313 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.2 stars. Price $$
Address:
211 Demers Ave, East Grand Forks, MN 56721
Phone: (218) 773-2225
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Gypsy Spirit
Just okay. Garlic knots were old and hard. Soup was tasty but lukewarm. Salad was delicious. Entrees were lukewarm and chicken was tough. Mediocre waitress brought to go boxes and ticket while we were still eating. We ordered dessert anyway but we didn’t order the second drink we wanted. Even though she got a good tip, she could have had an excellent tip if she had been at least a solid server. Won’t be back because it just wasn’t worth it. Local mom&pop loses to big name chain.
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Adrian Moss
Went there yesterday for Father’s Day dinner and had an awesome experience! The service was great and the food was awesome! I had the Penne Rosa pasta dish and my wife had the tortellini. The garlic knots that come for free before the meal were AMAZING. Wishing good luck to the new owner/s!
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Cat Portwine
The private room here is fantastic for anniversary parties, graduation parties, birthday parties and the like! We had about 25 people or so attend and had room to spare. If I could guess, I’d say it could seat between 35 and 40 people.
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Lori Fitzgerald
Friendly service. Facility was clean. Generous portions. Cannelloni and Stuff Shells were not unappetizing, but they were average. Garlic knots were delicious and fresh. Sausage, potato, and kale soup was good. What really makes this place a “must visit” is there cheesecake, which is made in-house and offered with various toppings. Fantastic New York style cheesecake!!!
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Amber Bouret
Went for a birthday dinner last night. The food and service was awful, again They weren’t busy but seemed to be understaffed. We had to ask for drink refills, garlic bread and I ordered a shrimp pasta dish and had to ask for the shrimp. The lasagna noodles were crunchy.
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Jerome Schneider
Went to mama Maria’s for a birthday party. The service was excellent the food was very good. My granddaughters especially enjoyed the bread knots. Our server did an excellent job of making sure all of our needs/requests were met.
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William Dittmer
I had the best Birthday ever. Sam was my waitress. I think the cook’s name was Austin. I ordered the Shrimp and Lobster Alfredo. It was absolutely amazing. The atmosphere was beautiful. It was perfect. And, Lord, I pray for everyone who helped make the experience perfect, to include but not limited to the tile guys, the amazing decorations, the menu planners, the people who manufacture products to clean the kitchen and floors.. The music was perfect. I remember a trumpet. I received that meal with Grace because It is by Grace Alone that I can accept such perfection. And for that I am grateful.
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Psalm 91
They’re lacking in attention to the customer. They watch TV and miss that a customer is there. Their attention is not on what the customer says re: orders, type of noodles and lightness of sauce three times by the time the order is right the food has to be left there. As this is a good place to go before seeing a movie. They are getting better getting orders right but I would like to see more attention To details and the customer instead of watching TV.
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Kevin and Sheila Jerik
Went there with a friend first the bread was raw then her soup was cold then she ordered the trio and two of the dishes were cold and the other only warm so they brought another soup while she waited and that was also cold and my spaghetti was cold both dinners looked like yesterday’s meals heated in a microwave they finally made new meals and they looked better, they were hot but I won’t go back again, the quality is horrible since new owner and that soup looked awful. I was very disappointed
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Rebecca Friebohle
The service started out great our waiter was nice. The food was mediocre at best. Three of us ordered some kind of steak and they were not prepared the way we wanted them and they were dry and flavorless. The pasta was ok but it made us all have stomach aches after. The service after we received our entrees declined terribly. Just over all not a good experience.
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