Chez Ennio is your classic, old-school Italian restaurant. To be honest, being there really touched my heart because the decor totally reminded me of my uncle's house when I was a kid, having dinner with the family.
I went on a Thursday night to meet up with some old friends from out of town and we just couldn't get over the familiar decor. It was really quiet that night so Ennio was working completely on his own.
Ennio came out to great us, take our order, and we couldn't help but ask him some questions. Ennio is 78 years old and has been running this place for 39 years! He does everything on quiet nights and has Concordia and McGill students as servers on busy nights. He employs students to help them out and most of them are here studying from other countries. He talks about them with pride. It was so nice talking to him that we actually didn't want to say goodbye. What a great personality, I felt really at home.
The location is very central, close to St. Catherine street and the price is affordable. We ordered to eggplant parmigiana to start and I had the tortellini. Everything was very good, especially the bread and side of cooked broccoli with cheese & garlic.
We love Ennio :)