Scarpinato’s Cucina and Catering

I made my first visit to Scarpinato’s during the summer based on a friend’s recommendation. She lives minutes from, and frequently dines at Scarpinato’s with her husband. When I was asked to dog/​house sit for them, she suggested that I use the opportunity to eat at Scarpinato’s.
I was not disappointed with my initial dining service but in the end I was not impressed. The wife and I were not pleased with the entrees we order. The food was not bad. In my case I found my dish, the Cavatelli Scarpinato to be underwhelming and bland. I cannot remember what my wife ordered but I can remember her stating that her meal could have been better. We left the restaurant unhappy thinking this place, like it’s predecessors, was going to fall to the curse of this building space.
When my friends offered to take us to dinner as a token of appreciation for house sitting stint, they offered to take us to Scarpinato’s. I was skeptical based on my previous visit but I took this opportunity to give Scarpinato’s another try, especially since it was not on my dime.
My second trip, last week, turned out to be a bit more enjoyable than the first. We arrived around 6:00PM on a Friday night. My wife and I arrived about fifth-​teen minutes before my friends. Seating is first come first serve. I informed the gentleman managing the front that our friends were on their way. Despite the amount of patrons coming through the door every minute, he held a table for us. This is just a fraction of the customer service at Scarpinato’s. Including my first visit the level of customer service at this restaurant has been good.
Dinner started out with bacon wrapped scallops, and calamari, both decent appetizers. When the time came to make our dinner selections I went with a classic and ordered the Chicken Parmigiana. I have a handful of chicken-​parmesan horror stories; fortunately this will not be one of them. Their cutlets are prepared the way every establishment should prepare them, with a nice crispy coating while remaining fork tender. There could have been a little more cheese and sauce on each individual cutlet, and a tad bit more seasoning but overall probably the best chicken-​parmesan I have had for sometime. The wife had the Veal Saltimbocca. Veal lightly sautéed in seasoned flour topped with prosciutto, sautéed spinach, dusted with sage, and sprinkled mozzarella in a demi glaze sauce. Each entrée was served with a heaping side of pasta topped with sauce, and a meatball. I wish there was a choice of pasta because penne is not my favorite. Again, more seasoning on the pasta, and in the sauce would have been great as it was slightly bland.
I wrapped dinner service with a slice of banana cheesecake. I declined dessert during my initial visit and went to an ice-​cream shop. We just didn’t want to spend any more money since we were not pleased with our entrees. We agreed that our meals were much more appetizing this time around and this visit to Scarpinato’s faired much better than the first.
I would recommend that everyone find the opportunity to dine here as this place has the potential of being one the better Italian eateries with a few improvements.

Best Italian restaurant in the area! Portions are generous, and every meal I have ever had was delicious. I have used them for catering as well and I highly recommend them based upon my experience. I have referred many people here and everyone feels the same way I do. There’s a long wait typically so you need to get there early or else you may have to wait a while. They have expanded so that has it down on the wait.

L-​o-​v-​e Scarpinato’s! My family has been here too many times and have tried a large sampling of their authentic Italian menu — love their soups, suppli appetizer, chicken parmigiana, penne, shrimp fra diavolo, and crabcakes. Their desserts are also delicious (and handmade by the owner’s wife!) The restaurant is intimate and romantic — a great place for a date. Word to the wise — the restaurant is usually crowded, so call and make reservations. (If you forget, it’s worth the wait!) The staff, chef, and owner always treat us like family. Definitely a hidden gem!

Great meals, good service, good price, what else could you want !
My goal is to try each and every dish once !! Only halfway there,
Have to go to gym the following week ! Love to have the recipe
For the sauce (Gravy) or even meatballs or Crab cakes
Keep up the Great Job .
Thanks

We really really wanted to like this place. First impression was the owner was rushed and frazzled. It was a Monday, but they did have a party going on in the side room, so we just waited for him to seat us, about 5 minutes. A server shows up and threw on the table bread, garlic oil, and a plate of peppers and cheese, in spite of the presentation of these items they were actually good. It is a cozy place wirh Sinatra playing, so atmosphere is good. That is the last positive statement of this review. The service was rushed, and rude, never really understood who our server was. Never was asked for our drink order, so we just drank water. Have you ever had Chicken francaise in brown sauce with mushrooms, I have now… very strange. Each dish was a little off, not good at all. Just to be clear, 4 meals, 3 soups, 1 salad, ranging from just ok to awful. We really really wanted to like this place… fail!

Heard about this place from friends in the area. It is awesome. Brought family with us from PA who said it was so good they will travel anytime to go again. Don’t let the strip mall store front fool you. Once inside it is a very nice atmosphere. Great serve staff and owner greats you to make sure all is as good as possible. We will certainly go again.

I live right down the street from this place and love to get take out every week to every other week. I’ve never eaten in but it’s got a good ambiance and it’s byob so I will have to try it some time. The food is always delicious and the service is great. Once you try it you’ll be back several times!

Decided to give it another try last night and waited a day to see how our stomachs handled dinner. Happy to report Everything was fine! Food was fantastic, risotto ball appetizer was delicious and the saltimbocca was perfect. Service was slower then the first time, getting some more of that wonderful bread was a task but not an issue. Everything aside staff is still very friendly, the food is phenomenal and portions are more then enough. We will be making a regular visit here

We celebrated our 50^th Wedding Anniversay Saturday night in SCARPINATO’S Banquet Room. Everything was perfect, the room itself was decorated beautifully, with our décor, and theirs. The food was amazing, Joe helped us choose a menu that provided something for everyone. Salmon, Pescatore, Veal Saltimbocca, Chicken Francaise, seasonal vegetables, and home made gnocchi. All served family style and replenished when asked. No one left our party hungry and our guests remarked on the quality of the food. It must be noted that the kitchen was preparing our food (for 58), and also for a packed restaurant side. I cannot recommend SCARPINATO’S more highly.

I had my daughter s baby shower here, and the food was wonderful and the service very good. Thankyou for making our celebration special!

Recently had an event at my house that was catered. The food was fantastic, chicken cutlets that went instantly, sausage and peppers, roast beef and pork that were equally good.
I would recommend getting your next event catered from here!

This little restaurant’s storefront is deceiving in respect to its indoor size.. Spacious with a great quality Italian atmosphere and music.. Sinatra and company serenates you. everything we had was supberb.mussells.gnocchi. .cannoli. The predinner bread and associated garlic oil was exceptional. all this and BYOB ! $$ is very reasonable for the quality and friendly service. we will be back indeed.

Large portions of delicious food. Half a chicken parm sandwich hits the spot for lunch.

Scarpinato’s is a very nice quaint restaurant. They recently expanded to include a private room, separate waiting area and larger dining room. Now although its still small and cozy but not as tight as it was. We were there for the third time on Saturday. It is a little on the pricey side but I have yet to get a bad meal. We had the seafood bisque, tilapia with crab and veal oscar. Delicious. Parking can be a problem. They were having a private party so front lot and around back was full so we parked in the convenience store next door. Hostess is a doll. Waitress was extremely nice. The dinner took longer than usual and I’m not sure why. Its also loud in there but the music was good. We will go back especially since its very close to our house and a few miles to all the movie theaters. BYOB

I agree with other review… not sure why there are so many positive ones. I really wanted to like and support a local restaurant. Our waitress was not friendly seemed like we were a bother being there. The food not impressed. Penne rosa was soupy too much and too thin of a sauce. Gnocchi wasn’t cooked all the way. Mixed green salad was warm and most of it was rotten with plain balsamic (def not a vinaigrette) vinegar.

A truly great meal! Took the in-​laws, their first visit here. Shared two appetizers: the scallops wrapped in bacon-​just outstanding and the portabella mushroom w spinach and crab-​had more real lump crab than most crab cakes! All entrees were great… I had the seafood pescatore and substituted the fra diablo sauce… best I have ever had. This is a BYOB which also adds to the value equation.
Only minor quibble: recently expanded space… a good thing… but layout of tables needs some serious attention-​almost impossible for waitresses to navigate around poorly laid out seating arrangement.

Tried carry out for the first time tonight. The fettuccini carbonara was outstanding! The Italian egg drop soup was an interestingly tasty take on Italian wedding soup as well. The roasted garlic oil was great! This place will save me gas and time as I no longer have to go into the city for authentic Italian.

Excellent Italian food. I’m from out of town visiting cousins and wanted to find something good to treat them with. This was a gem. I went by reviews and it served me well. We ordered 5 entrees and I asked for extra garlic bread which they gladly gave us. The garlic oil is amazing. All sauces taste homemade. Wouldn’t believe it but my favorite was the penne and asparagus with Alfredo sauce. Even my mother was amazed and we are Italian food snobs. Very impressed food wise and service was excellent. And I have to mention for the amount of food we ordered they really took care to wrap it properly so it wouldn’t spill!
Ps. The place looked very nice side. Apparently they just renovated or something, regular customers were complimenting as they walked in.

This place makes me so happy. Fantastic food. BYOB. Garlic in oil, roasted peppers & bread, homemade sausage, so good.

Like authentic Italian food? You will love it here! The bread with roasted garlic olive oil, roasted peppers and provolone cheese was terrific in itself. The salads (with anchovies if you prefer) were tasty. Then came a large portion of Veal Oscar with a side of pasta and a huge bowl of Seafood Pescatore. Each were delicious! My date and I did feel like we were at an Italian family’s home on a Sunday. Our only disappointment was in the desserts– the gelato seemed a little freezer burnt and the tiramisu was much different (not necessarily bad) than what I have ever had before. We will go back. Thankfully, this restaurant is only a few miles from my house. Make sure you bring a bottle of your favorite red wine.
I had to come back and edit this review to comment on the service– it was perfect!