Italian Oven Cafe

Closed, they have some new trendy concept in there now.

I have always enjoyed this place. The food is fresh and the service is fast. I would recommend it to anyone especially for lunch.

This place is great. Ordered a pizza and a panini to share, $ 14. The pizza with prosciutto, onions and pistachio nuts was out of this world. Food was fresh, service great. Not huge portions but just enough. Can’t wait to go back.

I couldnt wait for this place to open… and I was so Impressed when it did! The concept is totally innovative… the service is awesome! the tables and the waiting area is just so inviting and comfy… Those prices and the fact that theres really no tipping allowed? WoW the pizzas are what I keep coming back for! 6 bucks and the chicken and spinach is unreal it has onions and i dont even eat onions but I ate them! The one with Prosciutto and arugula is so yummy too. The vinaigrette atop is the perfect sweet glaze to balance the saltiness of the prosciutto… added plus I think you can nibble on Olives while you wait I dont like them though I hear these are pretty good :) the salads are good, but wasnt that impressed with the pasta I ordered. Pizzas are #1!

I’m surprised to see that this place is getting some lackluster reviews! My friend and I just popped in for a quick lunch after shopping in CityPlace and shared a couple of really wonderful dishes – a small chicken and pesto pizza (wood oven style, only $ 6!) and a delicious heirloom tomato salad (stacked with caramelized onions and fresh mozarella. I thought that both were really top-​notch in terms of quality and taste, the service was wonderful and the whole menu very reasonably priced. Much better than the faux-​Mexican joint up the street.

This place is great and much needed in this area. I’ve been 5x in the last 3 weeks … both for dine-​in and take-​out. Their meatball sub is wonderful. As is their filet mignon sandwich, their crabcake salad (Palm Beach Salad) and their pizzas. The restaurant is always crystal clean and inviting. Great service. Innovative menu while still being delicious Italian food. Price point can’t be beat. I don’t know what more you could ask for when you’re paying $ 5-​$ 10 for a meal !! Great place !!

The décor is simple yet set in a comfortable atmosphere. I found it interesting that they offer a computerized service that allows you to place your order outside without having to enter the restaurant at all. Indoor/​outdoor seating. Friendly staff.
I ordered the Italian wedding soup and my boyfriend opted for the filet mignon salad. After ordering, the cashier handed us a number card for them to bring the food to the table. Interesting concept for seated service. My soup was ok. Tasty yet the carrots that were in the soup didn’t taste all that fresh.
The salad was served shortly after. I did not try it but took notice to the filet mignon that looked more like roast beef. There were also candied walnuts, gorgonzola cheese, grape tomatoes, crispy onions and fig balsamic vinaigrette. Seemed like overkill to me. Maybe they could of done without the onions or walnuts. Trying a different meat, perhaps? Anyhow, I did not think of this place as anything special. It was clean but then again if someplace just opened and didn’t look clean I would be scared.

This joint just opened recently in City Place and we were down there for the tree lighting and snow festivities for my son. It was a mob scene but we were starving and we decided to give this a go.
It’s set up similar to Panera (and decorated in the same modern fashion) where you order and then they bring the food to your table, self serve drinks, etc. Despite the crazy atmosphere on a crowded night we were sat right away and the staff are all super super friendly.
The food is decent. In general the food is a couple hops above convenience food and it shows in their creative use of menu items. But I think that they try a little too hard to make things unique.
I ordered the Palm Beach Salad which sounded great… mixed greens topped with crab cakes, avocado and walnuts with a raspberry vinaigrette dressing. Sounds reasonable yes? But it was more than that and I think they could have kept it simple and really knocked that dish out of the park. Instead they used candied walnuts (totally unnecessary and overkill… plus EW), the avocado was kind of raw and there was about 15 actual raspberries in there. Too much going on for what could have been a great salad. Like i said, overkill. To their credit, the two small crab cakes were delicious.
They have mini pizzas and soup and sandwiches too… we tried a small margarita pizza which was cooked well and had cute little mini tomatoes cooked into it. Nicely done.
They were a little crazed but its a cute place I’ll try again. If they simplified a few things this could be a 4-​star affordable pit stop.