I've always strolled by this place whenever I'm in the basement of the Manulife Center and I finally had a proper chance to eat from here last week with a movie buddy. This is not a bad place if can afford to pay a couple of $10s to fill up your stomach before a film.
My buddy got the beef lasagne which comes with a plain (maybe somewhat garlic flavored) roll and a really good pool of tomato sauce underneath.
I decided on the restaurant's namesake a Panini-type looking baked stuffed pizza dough with a filling of spinach and veal. And there a couple of other fillings to choose from. I thought that the half square of it didn't look like much but it actually filled me up after a few bites.
I also dipped a portion of the Scaccia into my buddy's tomato sauce and the flavor was all the more better.
I also had a small dessert of some sort and he also had one. I think it was a pecan tart of some kind and my friend has a cookie. My tart was tasty enough that I finished it and it just closed up the last few inches of my stomach after the toasted sandwich :-)
All in all the displays of pleasantly looking hot dishes and the choice selection of baked goods are enough to give this place a try, and for some reason that Tuesday evening, the food from Scaccia made my movie watching a much better experience.
It's definitely worth an occasional visit before watching one of the Independent/Art style films shown at Varsity cineplex.