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Pros:
Food made to order
Prices are pretty good
Cons:
Food won't wow you
My wife found this place while looking for an Italian restaurant to have a dinner with her friends. We would be coming here with 2 other couples and their kids so we decided to give this place a test run with just our own family first.
Via Cibo has a upscale feel in a casual setting. You order at the front and the staff brings you your food. Their specialty is Italian street food. We decided to keep it safe and order the basics. It's very kid friendly but the middle table with the really high chairs need to be avoided if you have young kids. There are still enough tables for everyone. If you come in a large group like we plan to later, you are pretty much reduced to one side of the restaurant though so plan accordingly.
As I said, we stuck to the basics and got a pasta and pizza. We got something off the kids menu and the Tuscan fries because everyone on Yelp recommended them. We were lucky enough to come on Monday where kids eat free as well!
My wife's ragu pasta was pretty good. For most of their pastas, you can only choose between linguine or penne. LIttle strange in my opinion. My wife said it was good, but nothing to write home about. A standard good pasta. My pizza was made with a stone baked oven. I'm pretty sure they're going for a Neapolitan pizza here. The crust is razor thin which is nice. However, they don't char the crust like they should with a thin crust so when you get to the last 2 slices, the crust has no foundation anymore and gets trick to eat in your hands. Also, without the char, you miss out on the balance of taste you should get with the tomato sauce. Again, pretty good, but won't amaze you.
To all yelpers though, the Tuscan fries were as good as every one of you has claimed. My daughter could not stop eating them. If the sauce it came with wasn't spicy, she would of devoured that as well!
All in all, Via Cibo is a nice little place to come with the family. You'll get a decent Italian meal at a very good price. It won't amaze you, but it will get the job done.
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