If you're looking for authentic Italian food, Pietro's is the place. Owner Pietro DiMeglio, who hails from Napoli and the island of Iscia, prepares pizzas and a varied assortment of pasta, meat or seafood entrees. Lunch specials are offered, while dinners come with your choice of soup or salad, garlic bread or rolls. Eat-in or take-out, but the dark and cozy surroundings invite you to linger over a glass of wine, or perhaps an espresso with your choice of tiramisu, cappuccino mousse cake or cannoli.
Tiramisu Trattoria is an Italian restaurant located in the heart of downtown La Mesa. This restaurant serves authentic Italian favorites like lasagna Bolognese, linguini frutti di mare, saltimbocca Romana, thin-crust, Italian-style pizzas, and a variety of appetizers, such as polenta, carpaccio, stuffed artichoke hearts and calamari. The Trattoria has an extensive wine list and a full bar. Customers can sit in the main dining room or on the large patio.
For the past 12 years, Nonno's Italian Restaurant has brought affordable and authentic food to the La Mesa community. Its sandwiches are a hefty 16 inches, and seafood entrees revolve around its distributor's latest catch of the day.
Antica Trattoria offers an Italian fine dining experience. Located near Vons, the restaurant is beautifully decorated and offers a large variety of traditional Italian favorites. Among the dinner dishes are chicken, veal, seafood, eggplant, pasta and rice, soups and appetizers. For lunch, the menu includes salads, panini sandwiches, pizza and pasta. An extensive wine list is available. Catering is offered, and there is a banquet menu. Francesco Basile is the chef.
