Good restaurant in Winthrop

[taxi]

Any type of food. We are heading there today and was wondering if anyone out there knew of a decent place to have lunch.

[galangatron]

alia ristorante on shirley street. it's a small italian restaurant with exceptional customer service and wonderful homemade italian food. i recommend the eggplant rollantini, tortellini soup, ravioli greca, and homemade tiramisu for dessert. the owner is moroccan and can also make some moroccan dishes (lamb tagine with couscous) upon request

[taxi]

Thank you. We are ready to leave the house shortly. Perfect timing.

[curiousfood]

We went to Alia just the other day. I would say that the enthusiasm of the charismatic owner outstripped the quality of the food. The risotto was rice, not risotto. Flavors just OK. He may have been having a bad day. It was late. We really wanted to like it very much because the owner was so much fun.

We heard that Di Palma's was good -- basic Italian, very crowded, though. Any thoughts?

[jjbourgeois]

Di Palma's has seriously gone down hill. It's off of our regular rotation. Not sure what happen, I heard they change owners, but they are nothing like they used to be.

[curiousfood]

Thanks, jjbourgeois. Too bad! We fish in Winthrop and would like a place for a bite afterwards. How about Rosetti's, I think it's called, on the beach road?

[treb]

DiParma is passable, I usually get their swordfish, probably one of the better things on the menu. Rossetti's is good a well, Bobby (owner) is very outgoing. Both are BYOB. I'd recommend taking a short ride to Eastie and hit up Rino's, excellent old school Italian.

[jjbourgeois]

Haven't tried Rosetti's yet, but hopefully in the next month or so we'll get out that way.