La Cucina
Italian eatery in a central location
Photo by Jennifer Ho
The exterior of La Cucina caught my eye several times on trips up St Laurent to visit other Mile end / Outremont eateries. The full panes of glass and the fact that there was no information about the restaurant online (or even a website) intrigued me.
I gave it a try on a cold December night without any idea of what to expect. The restaurant feels quite laid back and was not busy at all during my visit. My fellow diner and I were pleased to hear that they had two local micro brews on tap – particularly ones we had never encountered. We tried the Simple Malt blonde and red ales which are brewed by Brasseurs Illimités in St-Eustache, Quebec. The red was our favorite of the two, tasting clean and spicy. Although we both agreed the blonde was more interesting it certainly had a kick you don’t normally find in light ales. I also have to say we did find the beers on the pricey side. For $7.50 the pints didn’t feel like full pints and after our meal we went right around the corner to Montreal’s famous Dieu du Ciel brewery where we got bigger pints for 6$.
That’s neither here nor there, La Cucina is a restaurant after all so I won’t hold it against them. The menu is comprised mainly of pizzas and pastas. The wonderful wood burning brick oven enticed us both to go with pizzas (ranging from 11 – 16$). We ordered the Capicollo pizza and Italian sausage pizza.
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