La Famiglia Ristorante
Italian restaurant · Old City ·
Classic Italian dishes served in an elegant Old World-style setting
Classic Italian dishes served in an elegant Old World-style setting
"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