La Scarola

To celebrate my mom's birthday, she decided she wanted to go to La Scarola, which is an Italian restaurant just east of the highway on Grand Ave. This place is real, legit Itlalian. There are no frills and no sexy ambiance here, just phenomenal food. The restaurant actually looks like kind of a dive. That being said, you know it must be good when the place is absolutely packed and there are lots of Italians. The service was also great; we had a very nice waiter who was patient and joked around with us (in a good way).  And the wine list is fabulous (although I am biased) and the prices for the bottles are not overpriced. Overall, I would definitely recommend coming here if you want an amazing Italian meal. This place has been around forever, and although it doesn't have much to it, it draws some heavy hitters (as evidenced by all the pictures on the wall).