La Fornarina serves up some great, authentic Italian food; the owner is from Sicily. The pasta and the bread are made from scratch and are very good. They use the bread to make pizza and it is light, focaccia bread . This definitely is not the Italian-American greasy pizza and pasta joint. The lasagna I had was delicious and the cannoli were pretty good. They advertise that everything is made from scratch but unfortunately the cheese sticks were not and they use slimy, canned mushrooms on the pizza. If Dominos. Pizza Hut, and Papa John's can use fresh mushrooms, there is no excuse for this place using canned ones. The chocolate sauce with the cannoli was Hershey's syrup which was also a little disappointing.
The service was a little weird, but good. The location used to be a Donato's and it kind of has that atmosphere. The soda fountain is out front despite waiter service and the kitchen seems larger than the dining area. You can hear everything going on the kitchen which is not always good.They do not serve alcohol, but bring your own.
The lasagna was excellent and inexpensive. The pizza was fresh except for the shrooms and the bread was awesome, plus they were generous with the toppings. The owner and the server were very nice and friendly. Really the only reason this place does not earn 5 stars is because of canned mushrooms and pre-made cheese sticks.