[TheSalesman]

Looking for a good pasta place.

[kwy]

Urbanspoon and 4square.

[crazie_gsr]

Anton's on hasting
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[joquio]

Anton's on hasting
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:heckno:

[LSF22]

Italian Tomato (Richmond) is pretty decent imo

[shawnly1000]

Damn it, was gonna say "in b4 Anton's"

[TheSalesman]

I'v tried both antons and italian tomato.
Just had antons yesterday actually.
Anything else?

[bcrdukes]

Trattoria
Zefferelli's
Cucina Toscana (http://www.revscene.net/forums/530956-wheres-last-place-you-ate-rate-post7444664.html?highlight=pasta#post7444664) (Don't let their website fool you.)

[Bonka]

Da Gino
daginorestaurant | Just another WordPress.com site (http://daginorestaurant.com/)

[bicboi]

italian kitchen on alberni
q4 quattro on fourth

[keifun]

La Terraza on Cambie/Pacific Blvd

[jonwon]

jimoco in coquilam

[typ.]

Marcello's on Commercial
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[604778]

+1 for Italian Tomato.
I'm a cook myself. It's pretty decent.

[Spoon]

Use to like Incendio, but I haven't tried it again when the owners changed and moved locations. They make good pizzas too.
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[Matlock]

Antons is nothing special. Why bother waiting in line to spend your money.
There are many other decent Italian places in the area such as Da Mario's or L'artista.

[Great68]

Anton's on hasting
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You're lucky they don't have fails in the food forum.

[candyholic]

Amorosa in Burnaby

Amorosa Pasta House - Burnaby Cariboo-Lougheed - Burnaby | Urbanspoon (http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/14/180058/restaurant/Vancouver/Burnaby-Cariboo-Lougheed/Amorosa-Pasta-House-Burnaby)

[TheSalesman]

I'll have to check out a bunch of these places.

[godwin]

CAMPAGNOLO ROMA (http://www.campagnoloroma.com/)

[OTG-ZR2]

Golden Boot in Coquitlam.

[CharlieH]

La Buca on macdonald and 25th. by far the best pasta i've had in vancouver. place is pretty small so make reservations. i called ahead the day before so they could make me puttanesca and it was fantastic

[Jermyzy]

Cucina Toscana in Richmond

[tiger_handheld]

OLD SPAG FACTORY!
/thread

[Gnomes]

Anton's Fusilli Alla Toscana (chicken, mushrooms & white wine in a savory pesto cream sauce) is the only one thing that excels

[miss_crayon]

Some Kind of Pasta
4409 West 10th Avenue Vancouver, BC

Gusto Di Quattro
#1 Lonsdale Ave. North Vancouver, BC V7M 2E4

..Actually all the Quattro restos have been a hit for me. Whistler is my fave!

*Quattro Whistler
4319 Main St. Whistler, BC V0N 1B4

Amarosa Pasta House
7874 Edmonds Street Burnaby, BC V3N 1B8

[maxxxboost]

Lombardo's Pizzeria & Ristorante. Commercial and 1st in the building. Although it is a Pizzeria, they have pasta as well.

[Expresso]

Al Porto in Gastown.

[AWDTurboLuvr]

La Quercia on West 4th ($$$)
Cibo Trattoria in Downtown ($$$)
Either Campagnolo on Main Street or Campagnolo Roma on Hastings. ($$)

If you want something for lunch and you're in Point Grey, highly suggest going to La Ghianda.

[Integgyy]

Arriva Ristorante on commercial drive. Best spaghetti and meatballs.

[bd0n]

La Quercia on West 4th ($$$)
Cibo Trattoria in Downtown ($$$)
Either Campagnolo on Main Street or Campagnolo Roma on Hastings. ($$)

If you want something for lunch and you're in Point Grey, highly suggest going to La Ghianda.

+ la buca, cioppinos and you have the list of the best places for me in the city.

[Senna4ever]

Via Veneto is one of my favourite places to go. Via Veneto - Ristorante Italiano (http://www.viavenetovancouver.com)
Their lobster pasta cannot be beat - 1.5 pound lobster on a bed of spaghetti, $50, but so worth it!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/Photos%20II/IMG_2141.jpg

I also like Rosa's in Port Moody. Rosa's Cucina Italiana (http://rosascucina.com/welcome)

[Vansterdam]

^ :sweetjesus: :sweetjesus: :sweetjesus:

[November]

Sandbar has an amazing linguine vongole. Unfortunately, the rest of the food sucks.

[zoo]

Avoid Da Mario's at all costs

Service is horrble, their food tatses like crap, I didnt get asked once how my food was and they messed up my gf's order twice
Its always dead in there and its for a reason

L'artista isent too bad

besides Antons, I would suggest Amorosa Amorosa Pasta House - Burnaby Cariboo-Lougheed - Burnaby | Urbanspoon (http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/14/180058/restaurant/Vancouver/Burnaby-Cariboo-Lougheed/Amorosa-Pasta-House-Burnaby)

[jack3d]

jimoco in poco

[Culverin]

Via Veneto is one of my favourite places to go. Via Veneto - Ristorante Italiano (http://www.viavenetovancouver.com)
Their lobster pasta cannot be beat - 1.5 pound lobster on a bed of spaghetti, $50, but so worth it!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/Photos%20II/IMG_2141.jpg

I also like Rosa's in Port Moody. Rosa's Cucina Italiana (http://rosascucina.com/welcome)


Was it just a steamed lobster on spaghetti bolognese?
Or did they do something else to the sauce?

[Senna4ever]

Was it just a steamed lobster on spaghetti bolognese?
Or did they do something else to the sauce?

The lobster is oven roasted, and the spaghetti sauce is a tomato based sauce that uses the juices that come out from the lobster. It's absolutely amazing.

[wreckless]

Cin Cin [ Profile | CinCin (http://www.cincin.net) ] for higher end italian.

Nook [ Home (http://www.nookrestaurant.ca/nookrestaurant.ca/Home.html) ] for casual italian.

[godwin]

Rosa is a small restaurant but serves amazing pasta. I like their Cannelloni.

I think they are closed for summer holidays.. so might want to call ahead.

Rosa's Cucina Italiana (http://rosascucina.com/)

[bcrdukes]

^
Not trying to discredit your suggestion but there are a lot of conflicting reviews of Rosa's Cucina. I'll give it a try one day though! :)

[godwin]

I can see potential issues:
1. The restaurant is small I think about 10 tables?
2. There are only 2 servers, the owner and the niece.
3. The menu is only a 2 pager in rather old and ratty plastic covers.

The wait can get long. For the price 15-20 is about the same price as other joints in town. I can see people who are used to the "Yaletown" experience would be disappointed.. but for honest food it is good.



^
Not trying to discredit your suggestion but there are a lot of conflicting reviews of Rosa's Cucina. I'll give it a try one day though! :)

[godwin]

I think this place is closed.

Via Veneto - Fairview - Vancouver | Urbanspoon (http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/14/1558739/restaurant/Fairview/Via-Veneto-Vancouver)

Via Veneto is one of my favourite places to go. Via Veneto - Ristorante Italiano (http://www.viavenetovancouver.com)
Their lobster pasta cannot be beat - 1.5 pound lobster on a bed of spaghetti, $50, but so worth it!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/Senna4ever/Photos%20II/IMG_2141.jpg

I also like Rosa's in Port Moody. Rosa's Cucina Italiana (http://rosascucina.com/welcome)

[bcrdukes]

I can see potential issues:
1. The restaurant is small I think about 10 tables?
2. There are only 2 servers, the owner and the niece.
3. The menu is only a 2 pager in rather old and ratty plastic covers.

The wait can get long. For the price 15-20 is about the same price as other joints in town. I can see people who are used to the "Yaletown" experience would be disappointed.. but for honest food it is good.

I think that's what it ultimately boiled down to - the wait and the expectation of a "Yaletown" experience while forgetting about good, honest food.

Thanks for clarifying that. I'll give this place a go sometime this month. :)

[godwin]

I would suggest going later if you don't want to wait.. it will be much cooler too because I don't think they even have AC.. we went around 7:30-8PM and there were some seats.

As for the wait.. it gets a whole heck lot shorter when you have good company ;)

I think that's what it ultimately boiled down to - the wait and the expectation of a "Yaletown" experience while forgetting about good, honest food.

Thanks for clarifying that. I'll give this place a go sometime this month. :)

[bcrdukes]

As for the wait.. it gets a whole heck lot shorter when you have good company ;)

Table for one, please? :alone:

:troll:

[lavisxice]

ANTONS IS AMAZING :) GOGOG GO PRICE AND SIZE

[cho]

^ :seriously:

[westopher]

I used to cook at campagnolo. I usually worked on the pans doing the pastas on the line, so obviously its not as good anymore.:pokerface: But seriously, La quercia, and la ghianda are probably the best pasta you can find in town. Adam and Lucias are some of the most talented chefs in the city. La Buca is rad, if you manage to roam down to whistler at any point check out pasta lupino. Amazing food at the most amazing price ever.

[6793026]

sorry i went to italian tomato back in 2008 and it sucked os bad, i had to dig up what i typed.

please do a search of italian tomato... it's SHITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT i gave them like a 1/10
they freaking suckkkkkkkkkkk
cliff notes: $16.75 for clam and shrimp pasta (HUGE AMERICAN portion) but drenched in fat
clams were the ones they put in CHUCKY's soup, and the shrimp were LITERALLY SMALLER than a JELLY BELLY bean.

CRAPPY place to go to.

[Engotski]

+1 for rosas

[gomcse2002]

The Pappardelle Carbonara with 63 degree egg is wonderful at Cotto Enoteca (http://cotto.ca/)


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[knight604]

People who say antons..

Did your taste buds get burnt before you sat down?

Quality > Quantity.

[BigBad]

L' Artista on Hastings.

I ate here just the other day and it was pretty good. There is even a coupon in the Entertainment Book to get up to $20 off one entree.

[miss_crayon]

Cotto is fabulous!! Great food at a great price
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[Senna4ever]

L' Artista on Hastings.

I ate here just the other day and it was pretty good. There is even a coupon in the Entertainment Book to get up to $20 off one entree.

The Japanese waiter there is very attentive. He used to work at Amarcord.

[Razor Ramon HG]

Is Via Veneto closed? Wanted to try the lobster pasta after seeing that photo, but I guess that's out of the question now.

[Senna4ever]

Is Via Veneto closed? Wanted to try the lobster pasta after seeing that photo, but I guess that's out of the question now.
Yes, they shut down earlier this year. Godammit. I think it's a global tragedy that they went out of business.

L' Artista's "Fettuccine ai Frutti di Mare" has a sauce that is similar to what the lobster pasta was like. Just order that and imagine a 1.5 lbs lobster on top instead of the prawns, clams & mussels. :p

[ilvtofu]

Senova on W57th is decent, they also have a special for pasta on mon/tues (?) for around $10

[bbcbrbe]

+1 for nook and also their sister restaurant tavola around the corner, denman robson.
nook is no reservation, go in write ur name on the chalk board with # of people and just wait patiently.
rigatoni is good
chicken liver pate good
pizza is brick oven prosciutto and arugula is win

[Spoon]

The Pappardelle Carbonara with 63 degree egg is wonderful at Cotto Enoteca (http://cotto.ca/)


Nice to see that location finally taken over. That Anducci's served horrible food :heckno:

[08civicsi_coupe]

rosas!!! best italian place in the lowermainland has suspect reviews because of service but its great. anyplace that has the beatles and many other famous people on there walls signed saying how great it was gets my vote

[finbar]

La Pentola (http://www.lapentola.ca/), recently budded off La Quercia, Adam's pasta :fullofwin:

[westopher]

Going for dinner there with my grandparents tomorrow. Stoked!

[gomcse2002]

Rosa's Cucina in Port Moody is good. The only drawback is no reservation. Food portion is decent and the taste is good too.

^
Not trying to discredit your suggestion but there are a lot of conflicting reviews of Rosa's Cucina. I'll give it a try one day though! :)

[gomcse2002]

Love Cotto 's 63 degree egg with Pappardelle

Nice to see that location finally taken over. That Anducci's served horrible food :heckno:

[miss_crayon]

Yes, they shut down earlier this year. Godammit. I think it's a global tragedy that they went out of business.


Very sad to see this place go. Manlio had so much passion when it came to his restaurant business but Via Veneto was definitiely burning him out. Every time I visited the resto it was less than half full, portions dwindled and I think the excitement to recreate his once successful run with Amacord just drained him. To be honest, where VV was located (broadway) was probably the major factor on why it didn't work. It's located right in the heart of the business centres where lunch crowds are probably his largest sales hour. You got all the Cactus/Joeys etc restos on every block which probably takes away his dinner crowds and when the offices close down for the day (5pm) everyone goes home or towards DT/YT area.

Another reason I think is, no one really "knew" he came back. I asked him why he didn't want to promote himself as the old Amacord owner and he said he wanted to start fresh. I guess I can understand..but I think he would have been more successful if more people knew. His restaurant during his YT days was and still is one of the best restos to have ever opened up. It's such a shame to see his hard work and food go to waste.

I hope he isn't in too much debt from this as he is SUCH a nice guy. His tiramisu is still one of the best I've ever had. Ahhhhh, so sad. :(

[westopher]

Anyone opening up on that area of broadway has a deathwish. The foot traffic after 6 is literally no one. Its such an ugly dead area of the city. I used to live over there and just hated it. It was so boring. I never tried it. I would have liked to but as you said, I just didn't spend time over there if I wasn't home.

[Durrann]

+1 for italian tomato
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[gomcse2002]

another cool price for freshly made pasta would be at vicino in Gas Town. Love their duck confit and freshly made pappardelle with Extra Garlic Cream Sauce. Vicino web site is
HERE (http://www.vicino.ca/)

[Obsideon]

Very sad to see this place go. Manlio had so much passion when it came to his restaurant business but Via Veneto was definitiely burning him out. Every time I visited the resto it was less than half full, portions dwindled and I think the excitement to recreate his once successful run with Amacord just drained him. To be honest, where VV was located (broadway) was probably the major factor on why it didn't work. It's located right in the heart of the business centres where lunch crowds are probably his largest sales hour. You got all the Cactus/Joeys etc restos on every block which probably takes away his dinner crowds and when the offices close down for the day (5pm) everyone goes home or towards DT/YT area.

Another reason I think is, no one really "knew" he came back. I asked him why he didn't want to promote himself as the old Amacord owner and he said he wanted to start fresh. I guess I can understand..but I think he would have been more successful if more people knew. His restaurant during his YT days was and still is one of the best restos to have ever opened up. It's such a shame to see his hard work and food go to waste.

I hope he isn't in too much debt from this as he is SUCH a nice guy. His tiramisu is still one of the best I've ever had. Ahhhhh, so sad. :(

Aaaaahhh DAMN I did NOT know that VV was the same place as Amacord! I tried to go back to Amacord after I had their dreamy Lobster Pasta and found they were closed, I was so sad. If I knew he re-opened I would have went back!...

The lobster pasta ... :sweetjesus:

[Senna4ever]

Very sad to see this place go. Manlio had so much passion when it came to his restaurant business but Via Veneto was definitiely burning him out. Every time I visited the resto it was less than half full, portions dwindled and I think the excitement to recreate his once successful run with Amacord just drained him. To be honest, where VV was located (broadway) was probably the major factor on why it didn't work. It's located right in the heart of the business centres where lunch crowds are probably his largest sales hour. You got all the Cactus/Joeys etc restos on every block which probably takes away his dinner crowds and when the offices close down for the day (5pm) everyone goes home or towards DT/YT area.

Another reason I think is, no one really "knew" he came back. I asked him why he didn't want to promote himself as the old Amacord owner and he said he wanted to start fresh. I guess I can understand..but I think he would have been more successful if more people knew. His restaurant during his YT days was and still is one of the best restos to have ever opened up. It's such a shame to see his hard work and food go to waste.

I hope he isn't in too much debt from this as he is SUCH a nice guy. His tiramisu is still one of the best I've ever had. Ahhhhh, so sad. :(

I think it was the divorce that really burned him out, unfortunately. :(

His bread was amazing, and I can't say enough about the lobster pasta.

Ayumu, the Japanese waiter who used to work at Amarcord & Via Venetto is now working at L'Artista on Hastings.