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| - Came here for my roommate's 21st birthday with her family and some of her friends. There were 14 of us, and the restaurant was very accommodating. We were seated at around 6:30 on a Saturday, and the place wasn't two crowded, though it was mostly filled. I'm not sure if it's just the environment of the restaurant, but the service was veeerrrryyy slow. We were seated for a good twenty minutes before they handed us our menus. However, until then they showed us a wine list and took our drink orders.
For starters, my roommate's parents ordered calamari and bruschetta for the whole table. Both of these appetizers, though standard, were sooo delicious. The bruschetta was very flavorful, and the calamari was deep fried perfectly. They also had tons of bread and butter on the table. Not sure if it was because I was so hungry, but the bread was toasty and delicious as well.
My roommate and I decided to split the seafood linguini in spicy marinara and the pesto gnocchi. After hearing amazing things about the gnocchi on yelp I was expecting something extraordinary. Though the gnocchi was good, I've definitely had better gnocchi elsewhere. Maybe my expectations were just too high. The seafood linguini was definitely a pleasant surprise. They gave us TONS of seafood (shrimp, mussels, clams, fish) and the pasta was cooked well. However, the marinara sauce definitely wasn't spicy.
To finish the night off, they served us a rum came (i believe) with candles for my roommate's birthday. Keep in mind that I don't usually like sweets, and I was stuffed, but the cake was really good (and fluffy) and came with strawberries (nom).
Anyways, I had a GREAT time at La Scala with good food and good company. Not sure if I'll be back anytime soon, but I was definitely pleased with the experience.
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