La Famiglia Ristorante
Italian restaurant · Old City
8 S Front St, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Highlights
Classic Italian dining with homemade pasta, veal, and fine wines
Classic Italian dining with homemade pasta, veal, and fine wines
"La Famiglia Ristorante in Old City is one of our favorite throwback Italian spots in the city. It’s great for staring at maps of Italy while inhaling a veal chop, homemade peppery cavatelli tossed with sauteed tomatoes and broccoli rabe, and three glasses of red. Skip dinner at your cousin’s—they’re serving frozen ravioli anyway—and head here instead." - candis mclean
"Old City's La Famiglia looks like it was a Medici's second coat room. Yes, the Versace-esque theme is tacky, but it's also fun to sit near a miniature David statue and fantasize about having enough money to buy all the marble in Carrara. Everything here tastes good, from the homemade pasta to the $56 veal chop, though nothing is truly memorable. Well, except for the owner Giuseppe going from table-to-table to make jokes and the cavernous wine cellar in the basement that has its own well." - candis mclean, alison kessler
"Full of Michelangelo's David statues of every size, Italian landscape oil paintings, and tableside branzino being served by someone in a suit, La Famiglia Ristorante in Old City offers a throwback experience like no other in the neighborhood. One of the many rooms here will work for an intimate get-together, or you can go full banquet-style for a pasta and veal-filled post-divorce celebration." - candis mclean
"Old City's La Famiglia looks like it was a Medici's second coat room. Yes, the Versace-esque theme is tacky, but it's also fun to sit near a miniature David statue and fantasize about having enough money to buy all the marble in Carrara. Everything here tastes good, from the homemade pasta to the $56 veal chop, though nothing is truly memorable. Well, except for the owner Giuseppe going from table-to-table to make jokes and the cavernous wine cellar in the basement that has its own well." - candis mclean
"Old City's La Famiglia looks like it was a Medici's second coat room. Yes, the Versace-esque theme is tacky, but it's also fun to sit near a miniature David statue and fantasize about having enough money to buy all the marble in Carrara. Everything here tastes good, from the homemade pasta to the $56 veal chop, though nothing is truly memorable. Well, except for the owner Giuseppe going from table-to-table to make jokes and the cavernous wine cellar in the basement that has its own well." - Candis R. McLean
