La Cucina Di Clemenza

My boyfriend and I received a gift certificate to this restaurant so we decided to go last night. Overall, the place was average. They have a huge bar when you walk in, yet they don't serve liquor. Pretty misleading if you haven't done research or called ahead to ask. So that was a disappointment. Now for the food. We shared the focaccia appetizer which was tasty, but very salty. We also shared the crab cake special appetizer. That took awhile to come out. There was plenty of crab meat, but the bottoms were burned and the top, undercooked. My boyfriend ordered chicken parmigiana as an entree and said it was just ok - too much sauce. I ordered the spinach ravioli dinner special which again, was just ok. The service was fine, but a little slow being that the restaurant was not full. Would we go back again? Most likely not.

We have been to this restaurant four times within the last four months. Inititally we loved the ambiviance, food, decor.... The next few times, the food was not as good as in prior visits. The veal that my husband ordered was tough, oily, and just not good. My dish was the seafood salad, and it was fine. My son ordered the lobster ravioli, and felt that it was ok, but bland. The thing that we love here is the meatballs, and the foccachia bread. The other concern i had on my last visit, was because we did not call for a reservation, we were seated and really really rushed so that we would not hold up the table for the next party. Was disappointed with that, for the food was virtually thrown  at us in a matter of minutes. Perhaps that was the reason our food was not good. Will go again but will make sure we have a reservation first.

So far I've only gotten two types of pizza from Clemenzas:
The cheesesteak pizza, which is sinfully good, includes 3 different cheeses, a ton of steak, tri-colored peppers and ample caramalized onions...  way to ruin my diet, Celemenza's!! ;P Their crust is also very yummy. It's flavorful and soft and just kinda perfect.

Also tried their sicilian. It's not great but it's far from the worst I've ever had. Seems like the dough didn't have quite enough time to rise but both times I ordered it's been burnt more than I like. (Not a fan of burnt parts.)

Have had no problems with their service, in fact, they're usually quite friendly and kind.