Maurizio's

Great food and friendly service. This restaurant focuses on Sardinian cuisine, so it's not your typical red-sauce Italian restaurant, and is a nice change of pace for the North End. The salmon pasta with black fettuccine was very good with an abundant amount of fresh and smoked salmon, the saffron gnocchi were unique in a good way(if a bit heavy), the malloreddus alla campidanese was very hearty and satisfying. The Ossobuco, while not particularly Sardinian, was very flavorful and fork tender.

My favorite Italian restaurant on Planet Earth. Don't believe me? Try Maurizio's Involtini di Melanzane (rolled slices of eggplant stuffed with ricotta cheese, basil, sun dried tomatoes and parmesan cheese, topped with tomato sauce) as an appetizer, and then the Linguine ai Frutti di Mare (shrimp, scallops, clams, mussels and calamari served in a spicy lobster based tomato sauce and tossed with linguine) as a main course. Ask Linda to choose a bottle of wine for you. Maurizio's food is proof of the existence of God. Period.