Sunday, March 25, 2007

The Italian Fisherman, Italian and Seafood Restaurant, Toluca Lake, CA


10760 Riverside Drive

Toluca Lake, CA 91602

(818) 487-3777


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Where my girlfriend wanted to eat was closed, so we kept driving down Riverside and saw this place right next to Baja Fresh, and decided to give it a try. I must say whomever wrote the menu did a fantastic job, because when you read it you will want to try everything. Everything sounds amazing, but the thing it is it is all lies. Especially ones like "WE ARE HOME OF THE GREASELESS PIZZA!" because this is damn greasy pizza, and the crust is just nasty. The food was terrible, and it took quite a long time as well. I was so unimpressed that I will never eat here again and tell anyone not to try this either.




We liked the menu so much, we decided we wanted seafood and pizza, and since we were breaking our self imposed diets to eat this (after a day at disney anyone needs a diet), we were going to try both, and ordered a medium pizza and fish and chips (and yes they have vinegar to put on it). First it took way too long, but the pizza itself was huge, especially for a medium, but that was were the goodness ended. The pizza sauce was a bit too sweet for my taste, the cheese was extra greasy so greasy in fact that you needed to sop it off with napkins. And the crust was awful, just not tasty. One of the first times that I skipped eating the crust.


Then the fish and chips. Wow this was bad. 5 small pieces of heavily overcooked fish in batter. It tasted overcooked and blackened and was not enough fish. And the big fat french fries were a bit soggy.


This meal was nasty. How does a place like this stay open? Sure it is cheap, but it is awful, just awful. If you are in the area, eat at Baja fresh.

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