From Sicily to Robbinsdale: Finding Italian Soul at Risata Cucina
I love finding a neighborhood restaurant that checks all the right boxes. Family friendly Comfortable ambiance Good food Reasonable prices Risata Cucina in Robbinsdale (northwest Minneapolis suburb) fits that description. My wife and I took our son and his family there for a Saturday night dinner. There were six of us - 2 grandparents, 2 parents, 2 teenagers. With a group that size, we were able to try a variety of items on the menu. We started with appetizers - fried calamari and arancini. We were served a generous portion of the calamari; everyone could get some. An order of arancini is four; our server brought us an extra half order so everyone could get one. I liked the calamari, but my favorite was the arancini. They were mushroom arancini and the earthy mushroom flavor was great. Everyone ordered from the pasta menu for our main dishes. My son and his daughter had casarecce scampi. The pasta was short, twisted noodles with smoked bay scallops, lemon...