Antico Fornaio

Food was excellent I forgot to take a picture of the muscles in red sauce. The sauce was excellent! The vodka sauce was great. Service was excellent. We had a lovely late lunch!

I randomly stopped here on my way to the Saint Petersburg airport and wow—this place seriously blew me away. I had the Margherita pizza, and it’s easily in my top three ever. The dough and crust? Probably top two of all time for me. Perfectly chewy with just the right amount of crisp, flavor, and char. You can tell it’s made with real skill and love. I wasn’t expecting to find one of the best pizzas I’ve ever had tucked away near an airport, but now I’ll go out of my way to come back. Absolutely worth it.

An update: we were dreaming of the thin, fresh, slight crispy pizza crust so went on Friday afternoon. We were seated immediately and served by Bea S. who was very friendly, attentive and wonderful. This time we ordered the garlic parmigiana wings, they were outstanding, maybe the best in city if you like zesty chunks of garlic, large amount of Parmesan and butter: think of garlic knots but much better imo. Wow! 10 baked then fried for $14, worth it! We shared two pizzas: Burratina and basic pepperoni, nothing basic about it. Yum. Also I was wrong from previous review talking about wine list, I must have ordered the “house” last time as my Sauvignon blanc was better than last. A friend made a reservation for the 4 of us, happy she did as the restaurant was busy. Upon entering, I noticed the plastic red and white checkered tablecloths which was a slight turnoff as I was expecting a “fancier” vibe I guess but had cloth napkins. We were greeted immediately by our server Bryan B. who constantly checked in, had nice suggestions and knowledgeable about menu. We took our time catching up and leisurely eating, he continued to check in w/o getting annoyed as some servers do if you aren’t rushing, appreciate that. An Italian beer, very similar to a Peroni, a house red wine and club soda were ordered. I do wish the wine menu was more appealing to a wine snob like myself, I left 1/2 glass behind(which rarely happens). The food is delicious! We started w/ the sausage and broccoli rabe appetizer which was sautéed in a zesty garlic EVOO, so good! We also ordered the Cortolona pizza which had a gooey cheese pull w/o being greasy, light and deliciously cooked in wood oven. The best Napoli pizza imo. The lightly sautéed eggplant, zucchini and mushrooms were slightly al dente, perfect for this pizza. My husband ordered the carne trio pizza w/ crisp pancetta, salami and Italian sausage, very good. Our friend had the meatball Parmesan panini and said it was delicious w/ their in house made fresh bread, smothered in mozzarella and just enough sauce. On side, an order of perfectly crisp fries yet still creamy inside seasoned w/ salt. Lastly, we shared one piece of dessert, creamy, rich yet light tiramisu. We will definitely stop in again soon.

This cozy little restaurant is a local favorite, so we decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, the food fell a bit flat for my taste. The calamari lacked seasoning, and the Margherita pizza, while fresh, could have used more flavor. While the atmosphere was charming, the overall experience left me wanting more.

Just say random stop as I had an appointment across the street and needed lunch when I was done and it called my name as I was driving by, so I pulled in! Everything was nice and clean The staff was friendly when I came in the door. So I looked at their menu and I ordered the Diavolo (spicy) panini! And man that sandwich was huge! That sandwich was awesome! And the tomatoes were fresh and ripe. Love the taste! It also comes with fries but they offered me a side salad If I wanted which I took that with the Italian dressing. Now I couldn't eat the whole thing, so I will have lunch tomorrow too. I definitely will make a stop when in this area to try something else. Course I demolished half before I thought of taking a picture so I was only able to attach the pic of what was left😳😂😋 PS the menu look really good too. I definitely got my money's worth!!

Extremely well priced, flavorful Italian food. We had chicken parm and fettuccine bolognese along with garlic knots. Definitely recommend based on price and value!

We were very impressed by the food here. I had eggplant panini. It was a large portion on a warm toasty, tasty fresh flatbread unlike any I have tasted. The tomato sauce was divine. The waitress caught that the kitchen had not left off the cheese and had them remake it before bringing it out. I appreciated that she noticed and saved me the bother. It came with shoestring fries that were lightly crispy, just right. I took half my sandwich and most of the fries home. Nice atmosphere, casual but clean and inviting. Friendly staff, reasonablly priced and the most delicious authentic tasting Italian food!!! We will be back!

Got a good feeling from the start when calling in our pizza order. Felt welcomed the second I walked in the door. Everyone who works there was helpful and kind and polite. And then, their pizza is great. Will definitely go back!