Absolutely phenomenal italian restaurant with great lunch specials!  An awesome little secret about this place... Is you can order nearly anything off their dinner menu for a 1/2 portion and they charge you 1/2 price!  Not a lot of restaurants will do that! They have very traditional food... Not the tiramisu you would get at the Olive Garden.Excellent place for a light lunch or a romantic... more

After months of begging my boyfriend to take me here, we decided to stop by for a nice lunch. The surroundings are pretty nice. My initial impression was that it has the same vibe of Whyte Ave; trendy, "indie", and underground mixed in with a little bit of Mafia-like Italian hangout.We had ordered the calamari as an appetizer and although the seasonings weren't anything spectacular, the squid... more

Please visit my blog for full review with pictures at: eternity-ply.bl...Today review is Chianti Cafe and Restaurant on Whyte Ave.  I have been here a couple of times before and all of my previous visit were quite good, but nothing spectacular. The food were good but not THAT good, to be honest. However the portion were quite big and it is not expensive with most pastas cost around 11-13... more