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| - If you are the kind of person who loves food variety (test: when was the last time you stuck your fork into another person's plate because you didn't want to miss out?) you are going to love Mezzetta.
The menu is made up of dozens of little dishes that are cheap enough to order by the handful. When I was there with family, my father-in-law said, "I've always wanted to order one of everything on a menu. I can do that here!" He was pretty excited.
While I would say that little on the Mezzetta menu stands out as extraordinary, it's all very good and the experience is what makes it great. Dishes of note: Anything with eggplant is excellent, veggie vine leaves are lemony and good - although a bit mushy, sultan's stew is terrific, roasted peppers and the green beans are divine, falafels are crispy and flavourful. I haven't tried any of the meat dishes, but they look good on other people's tables. Fried yams are lacking in crispness and the houmous is lacking in lemon (go for the baba gannoush instead!) but for only a few dollars a dish, you can afford to experiment.
Service is excellent. True story: my brother-in-law and his girlfriend were there the other day and, it being Passover, couldn't eat the pita bread. Without a word, the server whisked away the bread and replaced it with whole wheat matzah. So kind!
Vegetarian score: 9/10. Tons and tons of choices, you can eat your heart out and not even notice that meat items on the menu.
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