Decided to take a trek up to this place last night with the boyfriend. We drove up Leslie and its actually quite a nice drive when you get past Richmond Hill - it reminded me of a drive in the country - winding tree sided roads
Al Casale is a 200 year old farmhouse that was converted into a restaurant. I always like house conversions. Eating in little rooms makes it warm, cozy and intimate.
We started out with calamari which was done nicely - very lightly fried and fresh with a nice dipping sauce. I had the fettucini with chicken and sun dried tomato. Very nice. My bf had the Linguine Di Mare. I tried it and the sauce was really good - not too oily and the seafood was really fresh. We had wanted the as advertised 'famous' tiramisu but sadly, they ran out by the time we ordered (people in the subburbs eat dinner earlier I guess). The cheap $6 glasses of decent house wine made up for it though!
I'd recommend anyone who has parents in the northern subburbs and are visiting, or if you happen to live in the northern subburbs, to take the time to try this place. It was a nice, pleasant meal and it was almost like a mini get-away. Worth the trip!