Nestled in Central Square, Viale offers a vibrant Mediterranean-inspired menu featuring handmade pastas, delightful small plates, and a popular oyster happy hour—all in a perfectly inviting, skylit setting.
"Central Square restaurant Viale is shucking $1 oysters daily from 5 to 7 p.m. Looking for an earlier buck-a-shuck deal? Viale’s sibling restaurant across the street, Althea, offers $1 oysters from 2 to 5 p.m." - Erika Adams
"Whether it’s date night or just please-not-takeout-again night, Viale can suit a range of dining-out moods. The unpretentious Italian restaurant — from the same team behind the recently opened Althea just down the street, also well worth checking out — pairs usual suspects like bucatini carbonara, potato gnocchi, and margherita pizza with some more playful dishes that also hit the spot, like duck croquettes with a fennel, apple, and radish slaw and tarragon emulsion, plus cannoli filled with sweet ricotta and studded with chocolate chips for dessert. Oh, and don’t miss the happy hour oyster deal." - Erika Adams, Karen Wilber, Terrence Doyle
"Central Square restaurant Viale is shucking $1 oysters daily from 5 to 7 p.m." - Celina Colby, Erika Adams, Rachel Leah Blumenthal
"Italian at heart, Viale emphasizes the beautiful Mediterranean coast at their Central Square restaurant. The menu is multifaceted — boar ragu gnocchi, saffron arancini, halibut crudo, and pizzas with whipped ricotta, calabrian hot honey, and sausage. The cocktails are meticulously curated, and there’s negroni on draft." - Nathan Tavares, Tommy Ranucci, Eater Staff
"Italian inspired, locally driven restaurant located in the heart of Central Square. we focus on local ingredients and hand made pastas. our Beverage programs is centered around Italian varietals, craft cocktails and local beers."
