Cucina Calabrese

11/04/08

New Owner, New Menu. Best Food By The Beach

by BiffMcnielly at Citysearch

The Girlfriend and I decided to give this place a second chance, since our last desaster a few months back. when we arrived we were suprised to fid that the name had been changed to Big John's. Their menu had also changed, it still had most of the pasta dishes and pizza but it also had alot of new items. The little woman had an awsome Ravioli dish and I had the best Burger I have ever eten. The staff has also become quite a bit more customer friendly since our last visit. About half way through our dinner the new owner came by our table and introduced himself and wanted to make sure our food was up to par which I thought was very cool. He also invited us to join them for Breakfast, and showed us his new Breakfast Menu. Very Awsome since this area is lacking a good Breakfast Joint.

In Short the food was Excelent and the service was Great. We found our new favorite restaurant.

Can't wait to try their Breakfast

• Pros: Excelent Food, Good Prices, Friendly Staff, All You Can Eat Specials
• Cons: NONE

11/01/08

new owner new name excellant food

by aulljohn at Citysearch

My family used to frequent this establishemnt until march of this year when we just were not happy with the food. I received a flyer at home just this last week saying that the menu and staff had changed, along with the name. So we thought we would give it a tery once again. WOW what a change, still looks the same inside, much brighter and cleaner ourside also. The new name is BIG JOHNS CAFE. I had heard of this guy when he was in El Segundo but never had a chance to eat there. Big John has added lunch and breakfast to the menu. My wife and I went in three days ago and they were still serving from the old menu. Even,that had improved with the new management. They have improved the bread and added a relish tray which is delivered as soon as you sit down. what a throw back to when I was a kid.

The new owner Big John took a few minutes out of the kitchen to stop by our table and make sure we were satisified and asked if there was any thing he could do for us. Big John took a the opertunity to tell us about the changes in the new menus and that he was going to start serving breakfast on weekends and lunch during the week in addition to the dinner hours. He sold us for sure.

So today we went back for breakfast, we were both glad we did. Big portions, great variety, 14 or 15 different omelets, probably the best freah salsa I have had.

Any how, we certainly encourage you to check it out.

still white table clothes, linen napkins, and my favorite was the Chile Verde Omelet, my wife love the Eggs Benedict.

• Pros: excellant food and service
• Cons: hard to find the parking lot

04/23/08

Bread tasted like tapwater:(

by krazytrails at Citysearch

I used to frequent Cucina Calabrese, but not so much anymore. Something happened and not for the good. They served us small portions and the bread tasted like bad tap water (their bread used to be very good). The employees were snooty (nothing to be snooty about). This food isn't cheap either, so there isn't a reason to serve small portions (which they didn't do before) or food that is of poor quality. The jig is up Cucina Calabrese...you just lost some more customers.

• Pros: Nope
• Cons: Poor quality, small portions, snooty staff